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Title Sign - Mt. Mitchell State Park
Date August 1971
Description Photograph of a directional sign for Mount Mitchell State Park, highlighting the "highest point in eastern America" and "picnicking, camping, hiking, park museum, restaurant open May - Oct." Located in the Asheville District, near milepost 353 in section 2N of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Robert G. Bruce in August 1971.
Location Location Name: Mount Mitchell
Parkway Milepost: 350.0
Latitude: 35.764839
Longitude: -82.2651221
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Mount Mitchell (N.C.)
Photographs
Signs and signboards
State parks
Yancey County (N.C.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway