Summit the Highest Point East of the Mississippi at Mount Mitchell State Park

Hike the 11-mile Black Mountain Crest Trail to Mt Mitchell (North Carolina)

Mount Mitchell is the highest point in all of the eastern United States. Rising to an elevation of 6,684 ft, it is also the highest point in North Carolina, the highest point in the Appalachians, and the highest point in eastern North America, south of the Arctic Cordillera. But despite these impressive accolades, Mount Mitchell remains accessible to all thanks to a road and short, paved trail to the summit. Have you climbed Mount Mitchell? #geography #mountains #appalachianmountains #northcarol

The Mount Mitchell Heartbreaker 50M/55K is an extremely scenic tour of "the other Pisgah" in the shadow of Mount Mitchell. Starting at the foot of the mountains in Old Fort, NC at Camp Grier, the race takes runners up and down some of the most stunning, quad-busting, and heart-pounding trails in all of Western North Carolina, eventually taking the 50 milers over three 6,000 ft peaks including Mount Mitchell itself, making this the highest 50 miler east of the Mississippi! Highlights of the cours