Viewpoint
Mount Mitchell summit
Burnsville, North Carolina
Drive almost to the top of the highest peak east of the Mississippi.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 75 min
The state park road climbs from the Parkway to a short paved path up to the summit tower. The top is often cool and cloudy even in summer. There is a small museum and a restaurant lower down.
Good to know
- Road is closed in winter ice
- Pack a jacket, it can be 15C colder than the valley
- Walk the short summit trail even in poor weather
- Open
- Road typically open spring to late autumn
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
Facilities
- Picnic tables
- Toilets
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