Yancey County topographic maps

Average elevation: 2,972 ft

Average elevation: 3,261 ft

In addition to Mount Mitchell itself, the park encompasses several other peaks which top out at over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in elevation, including Mount Hallback, Mount Craig (just 52 feet (16 m) shy of Mount Mitchell in elevation and the second highest peak east of the Mississippi River), Big Tom and Balsam…

Average elevation: 4,170 ft

Mount Mitchell, known in Cherokee as Attakulla, is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland eastern North America. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina; in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians, about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of…

Average elevation: 5,719 ft

Average elevation: 3,068 ft

The range is older than the other major mountain range in North America, the Rocky Mountains of the west. Some of the outcrops in the Appalachians contain rocks formed during the Precambrian era. The geologic processes that led to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains started 1.1 billion years ago. The…

Average elevation: 4,800 ft

Average elevation: 2,894 ft

Average elevation: 2,687 ft

Average elevation: 3,599 ft

Average elevation: 3,018 ft

Average elevation: 2,923 ft

Average elevation: 4,977 ft

Average elevation: 2,795 ft

Average elevation: 2,359 ft

Average elevation: 3,786 ft