Introduction
Within the State of North Carolina are many of the highest elevations located east of the Mississippi River within the United States of America. While Mount Mitchell represents the highest natural point in the State of North Carolina as well as in the east in general, neither the Eastern Continental Divide nor the Great Smoky Mountains divide between the States of North Carolina and Tennessee contain the official highest point. Mount Mitchell is, in fact, situated directly in between the two, east of the Tennessee state line but entirely west of the Eastern Continental Divide, thus associating with the Tennessee Valley first by way of associated river tributaries in the region of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Additional Mountains of Intersst
Apart from Mount Mitchell, two of the other most notable mountain peaks in the State of North Carolina include Kuwohi (formerly Clingman’s Dome) and Grandfather Mountain. While Kuwohi is the highest point of the Great Smoky Mountains and of the North Carolina and Tennessee state line, Grandfather Mountain contains the geographical high point of the Eastern Continental Divide through the United States of America. Also associated with the Blue Ridge Mountains, albeit north of the Great Smoky Mountains, is the highest natural peak in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Mount Rogers, directly within the limits of Grayson County and within reach of the Town of Independence.
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