Point of Interest
Mount Mitchell State Park
2388 State Highway 128, Burnsville, NC 28714
Visitors can experience many of the plants and animals of Canada while walking through the southern Appalachians at Mount Mitchell State Park in Yancey County. Standing at 6,684 feet, the summit is the highest point in the eastern United States and one of the must-do mountain adventures in North Carolina. The 1,946-acre park offers breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, rolling ridges and fertile valleys, and it protects the most extensive assortment of rare plant and animal species in NC's state parks system. Mount Mitchell is part of the Black Mountains, which formed more than a billion years ago. The state park offers camping, hiking, an exhibit center and a host of other activities including ranger-led educational and interpretive programs.
