Editing Mount Mitchell (section)

==Geography==
[[File:MountMitchellSurveyorsMark.jpg|thumb|Surveyor's mark embedded in the observation tower notes the elevation of 6684-feet above sea level]]
[[File:Mount Mitchell Fall Foliage.JPG|thumb|Fall foliage at Mount Mitchell]]
The peak is the highest mountain in the United States east of the [[Mississippi River]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Donald E. |last2=Colten |first2=Craig E. |last3=Nelson |first3=Megan Kate |last4=Saikku |first4=Mikko |last5=Allen |first5=Barbara L. |title=Southern United States: An Environmental History |date=2006 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781851097807 |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZsqfbPPHRcC&q=Mount+Mitchell+highest+peak+east+mississippi&pg=PA261 |access-date=22 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Mitchell State Park {{!}} NC State Parks |url=https://www.ncparks.gov/mount-mitchell-state-park |website=www.ncparks.gov |publisher=State of North Carolina |access-date=22 April 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421033925/https://www.ncparks.gov/mount-mitchell-state-park |url-status=live }}</ref> and the highest in all of eastern North America south of the [[Arctic Cordillera]]. The nearest higher peaks are in the [[Black Hills]] of South Dakota and the highland foothills of [[Colorado]]. The mountain's [[topographic isolation]] is calculated from the nearest discernible single higher point: [[Lone Butte, Colorado|Lone Butte]], which is 1,189 miles (1,913&nbsp;km) away in southeastern Colorado.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}