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Mount Mitchell
- Easiest route
- 1.1 km+52 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,857 m6,091 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 35°FFair · Wind 8 mph E
Mount Mitchell is a 2,037 m (6,683 ft) mountain in the Black Mountains, North Carolina, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,037 m · 6,683 ft
- Range
- Black Mountains
- Region
- North Carolina, United States
- Protected area
- Mount Mitchell State Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Michell
- Coordinates
- 35.7649° N, 82.2651° W
How to get to the top of Mount Mitchell
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Mount Mitchell Summit Parking (parking)
- Distance
- 1.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +52 m−17 m (171 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Mitchell 3D map
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Mount Mitchell terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Mitchell weather
Tonight · Fair · 35°F (2°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 8 mph E
Mount Mitchell forecast for the summit, about 1,775 m.
- Tonight35°2%8 mph E
- Sat32°48°1%7 mph ENE
- Sun33°49°–7 mph ESE
- Mon40°54°–5 mph SW
- Tue41°56°–1–5 mph SSW
- Wed40°51°1%6 mph SSE
- Thu42°55°3%5 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:25 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Mitchell
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Mitchell, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Mount Mitchell Summit Parking
Nearest campsite
Mount Mitchell Campground
Nearest trailhead
Mount Mitchell Trailhead
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell Summit ParkingParking | 0.2 km N |
| Mount Mitchell CampgroundCampsite | 0.7 km SW |
| Parking | 0.8 km SW |
| Commissary Hill Backcountry CampsiteCampsite | 1.5 km SE |
| Parking | 1.5 km SSW |
| Briar Bottom CampgroundCampsite | 4.1 km ESE |
| Mount Mitchell TrailheadTrailhead | 4.4 km ESE |
| Buncombe Horse Range TrailTrailhead | 4.6 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Mount Mitchell?
The easiest mapped route, 1.1 km from 2,001 m to 2,037 m. Steepest stretch: 22°.
- 0–15°1.0 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.7 km, measured from the Mount Mitchell summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Mount Craig2,023 m 1.5 km NNE
- 2Big Tom2,002 m 1.7 km NNE
- 3Hallback1,923 m 2.1 km SSW
- 4Balsam Cone2,007 m 2.9 km NNE
- 5Mount Gibbes1,971 m 3.5 km SSW
- 6Cattail Peak1,986 m 3.7 km NNE
- 7Clingmans Peak1,981 m 3.8 km SSW
- 8Potato Hill1,942 m 4.1 km NNE
- 9Potato Knob1,946 m 4.6 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.7 km; 1,332 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Cliff Saxifrage210
- Pink turtlehead200
- Fraser fir197
- Ghost Pipe143
- Pipevine Swallowtail142
- Bluebead lily115
Where Mount Mitchell sits
- Region
- North Carolina19United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lake Tahoma↑17 km ESE
Lake James365 m↑35 km E
Cold MountainPeak · 1,838 m↑66 km SW
Watauga Lake↑68 km NNE
Sassafras MountainPeak · 1,085 m↑91 km SSW
More in the Blue Ridge Mountains 6
Mount Mitchell downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,037 m at the summit; the official height is 2,037 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,037 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 2,037 m | 0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 2,037 m | -0 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 2,036 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,029 m | -8 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-27)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia