Editing Mount Mitchell (section)

{{short description|Highest mountain in North Carolina, United States}}
{{About|the North Carolina mountain}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Mitchell
| photo = File:Mount Mitchell from Mt. Mitchell overlook NC.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount Mitchell, viewed from [[Blue Ridge Parkway|the Blue Ridge Parkway]] in [[North Carolina]]
| elevation_ft = 6684
| elevation_ref = <ref name="pb" />
| prominence_ft = 6089
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=7822 |name=Mount Mitchell, North Carolina |access-date=2008-12-28}}</ref>
| isolation = {{convert|1189|mi|km}}
| listing = {{unbulleted list
|[[Topographic isolation|World most isolated peaks]] 31st
|[[List of the most isolated major summits of North America|North America isolated peaks]] 4th
|[[List of the most prominent summits of the United States|US most prominent peaks]] 62nd
|[[List of U.S. states by elevation|U.S. state high points]] 16th
|[[Ultra-prominent peak|Ultra]]
}}
| location = [[Yancey County, North Carolina]], U.S.
| range = [[Appalachian Mountains]]
| map = USA North Carolina#USA
| map_caption = North Carolina, U.S.
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|35.764839|N|82.2651221|W|type:mountain_region:US-NC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=it}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=1013745 |name=Mount Mitchell |access-date=2008-12-28}}</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Mitchell
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = Hike
}}

'''Mount Mitchell''' (''Attakulla'' in [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]])<ref name="Bradford">{{Cite web|url=https://ncpedia.org/gazetteer/search/Mount%20Mitchell/0%C2%A0|title=North Carolina Gazetteer|last=Bradford|first=Erin|date=2019-12-05|work=NCpedia|access-date=2020-11-22|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114150845/https://ncpedia.org/gazetteer/search/Mount%20Mitchell/0%C2%A0|url-status=live}}</ref> is the highest peak of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] and the highest peak in mainland [[North America]] east of the [[Mississippi River]]. It is located near [[Burnsville, North Carolina|Burnsville]] in [[Yancey County, North Carolina|Yancey County]], [[North Carolina]] in the [[Black Mountains (North Carolina)|Black Mountain]] subrange of the Appalachians about {{convert|19|mi|km|0}} northeast of [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]]. It is protected by [[Mount Mitchell State Park]] and surrounded by the [[Pisgah National Forest]]. Mount Mitchell's elevation is {{convert|6684|ft|m|0}} <!----  NOTE: The recent "6699" elevation given on some USGS sites apparently includes the tower atop the mountain.  ----> above sea level.<ref name="pb"/> Mount Mitchell is ranked 31st by [[topographic isolation]].