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==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q502487|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Yancey County}} According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|313.18|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|312.59|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.59|sqmi}} (0.19%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files β North Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_37.txt |access-date=September 10, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> [[Mount Mitchell]] at {{convert|6,684|ft|m}}, within [[Mount Mitchell State Park]] in Yancey County, is the highest point in the [[United States]] east of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name="Mt. Mitchell">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/momi/main.php|title=Mount Mitchell State Park|access-date=February 20, 2009|publisher=North Carolina State Parks}}</ref> The [[Black Mountains (North Carolina)|Black Mountains]], of which Mt. Mitchell is a part, contains five of the 10 highest peaks east of the Mississippi, all over {{convert|6,400|ft|m|abbr=on}}. In descending order of height, they are: [[Mount Mitchell]], [[Mount Craig (North Carolina)|Mount Craig]], [[Balsam Cone]], [[Mount Gibbes]], and Potato Hill.<ref name="Five Highest">{{Cite web|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/10-tallest-mountains-east-mississippi-104158.html|title=The 10 Tallest Mountains East of the Mississippi|access-date=November 4, 2016|publisher=USA Today}}</ref> ===National protected areas=== * [[Blue Ridge Parkway]] (part) * [[Crabtree Falls (North Carolina)|Crabtree Falls]] (part) * [[Pisgah National Forest]] (part) ===State and local protected areas/sites=== * Bare Dark Sky Observatory * Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area * [[John Wesley McElroy House]] * [[Mount Mitchell State Park]] * [[Nu-Wray Inn]] * Pisgah National Forest Game Land (part)<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCWRC Game Lands |url=https://www.ncpaws.org/ncwrcmaps/gamelands |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=www.ncpaws.org}}</ref> * Ray-Cort Recreation Park ===Major water bodies=== * [[Crabtree Falls (North Carolina)|Big Crabtree Creek]] * Big Creek * Bowlens Creek * [[Cane River (North Carolina)|Cane River]] * [[South Toe River|Left Prong South Toe River]] * [[Nolichucky River]] * [[South Toe River|Right Prong South Toe River]] * [[South Toe River]] * Still Fork Creek ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Mitchell County, North Carolina|Mitchell County]] β northeast * [[McDowell County, North Carolina|McDowell County]] β southeast * [[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe County]] β southwest * [[Madison County, North Carolina|Madison County]] β west * [[Unicoi County, Tennessee]] β northwest ===Major highways=== * {{Jct|state=NC|US|19}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|19E}} * {{Jct|state=NC|US|19W}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|80}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|128}} * {{Jct|state=NC|NC|197}}
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