which happens to be the highest mountain in both the entire Appalachian Range and the entire Eastern United States. Mount ...

Now called the Mount Mitchell Café & Eatery, the restaurant nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains offers panoramic ... showcasing long-range views of the highest peaks in the eastern U.S. BLUE ...

Dishes range from $12-$25 ... including the Mountains-to-Sea State Trail, and allows camping and picnicking in designated areas. Mount Mitchell’s temperature is often lower than the surrounding ...

Mount Mitchell is home to the highest mountain peak in the Eastern United States, its namesake jutting 6,684 feet into the sky. Things can be tough at this elevation on people, environment and ...

but a celebration atop Mount Mitchell is certainly a special and historic occasion,” says Mike Murphy, State Parks director. “The highest mountain in the eastern U.S. inspired North ...

1857 Elisha Mitchell fell to his death, as he traversed the Black Mountains in an effort to remeasure and confirm his 1935 assessment concerning the height of present-day Mount Mitchell.

Murphy says a new visitors center and improvements in mountain bike trails drove visits up 35 percent, to 742,000. That’s about double the number who visited Mount Mitchell - though it’s more ...

Thanks!!! Adventure Adviser: Mitchell barely edges out New Hampshire’s Mount Washington as the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi. Sounds like a dubious honor, seeing as it tops out at a ...

Mount Mitchell State Park in the North Carolina mountains was forced to close Thursday due to snow — a surprising move given tourist are still expecting to see bright fall foliage. They got ice ...

and the counterclockwise circulation around those lows generated southeasterly winds that funneled moist air straight up the mountain slopes of the Blue Ridge. From January through April, Mount ...

It kicked off at 6:30 a.m. It is nearly a 103-mile ride from downtown Spartanburg to the top of Mount Mitchell in North Carolina. The total climb is 11,000 feet going up and down the mountain.

Mount Mitchell is in Yancey County, and entombed atop it is the man for whom the mountain is named. It is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River. Mount Mitchell is in Yancey County ...