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7.2 km
Length
+422 m
Ascent
−2 m
Descent
1,993 m
Highest point
1
Hairpins
8.6%
Max gradient
0h 10min
Drive time (approx.)
Mount Mitchell map
7.2 km · 1 hairpin · 1,993 m

Elevation profile

Elevation profile1 500 m1 750 m2 000 m0 km5 km1 993 m

What does Mount Mitchell look like?

2016-07-25 15 46 31 360-degree panorama from the summit of Mount Mitchell, North Carolina
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ridge Junction Overlook, October 2016
Thomson200 · CC0
2016-07-25 16 09 50 Red Spruce trees along North Carolina Highway 128 south of Mount Mitchell in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2019 08 06 mt-mitchell 00d (48491693267)
Doc Searls · CC BY 2.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start
Buncombe County
35.71799, -82.27976
Finish
Yancey County
35.76708, -82.26543

Along the road

Viewpoints

3
Ridge Junction Overlook (MP 355.3) 0.0 km · 1,573 m
Mount Mitchell Observation 6.9 km · 1,973 m
Picnic 7.2 km · 1,993 m

Parking

5
Mount Mitchell Summit Parking 7.2 km · 1,993 m
4 unnamed places along the road, from 3.7 km to 7.2 km.

Toilets

5
5 unnamed places along the road, from 3.8 km to 7.2 km.

Restaurants and cafés

1
Mount Mitchell State Park- Restaurant 4.7 km · 1,881 m