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The Clean Smokestacks Act of 2002 (S.L. 2002–4), [28] enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly, is credited with reducing the amount of particulate and ozone pollution that had once threatened the views in the Black Mountains and throughout the Appalachians. Nitrogen Oxide emissions have plummeted from over 245,000 tons a year in 1998 ...
The Black Mountain Center for the Arts is located down the street from the museum. In 2002 the community raised 1.2 million dollars to buy the old Town Hall and convert it into the Art Center. [16] [17] Black Mountain News is a weekly newspaper covering Black Mountain and the Swannanoa Valley area.
Relief map of North Carolina showing Blue Ridge Mountains (west), Piedmont Plateau (center), and the coastal plain (east), with Outer Banks along the Atlantic Ocean. 3D Topographical Map of North Carolina. The geography of North Carolina falls naturally into three divisions — the Appalachian Mountains in the west (including the Blue Ridge and ...
Celo Knob is the northernmost major peak in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina. It is located just north of Mount Mitchell State Park in the Pisgah National Forest. It is the first peak encountered while hiking the Black Mountain Crest Trail from Bowlens Creek.
Mount Mitchell (Attakulla in Cherokee) [3] is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River.It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville.
The mountain can easily be reached via an approximately 45-minute hike on the Deep Gap Trail from the picnic area below the summit of Mount Mitchell off N.C. Highway 128. The view atop Mount Craig embraces much of the southern portion of the Black Mountain Range. A North Carolina Geodetic Survey triangulation marker is located on the summit.
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The Swannanoa River flows through the Swannanoa Valley of the region of Western North Carolina, and is a major tributary to the French Broad River.Its headwaters arise in Black Mountain, North Carolina; however, it also has a major tributary near its headwaters: Flat Creek, which begins on the slopes of Mount Mitchell.