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Roan Mountain is a 6,277 ft (1,913 m) [1] mountain straddling the North Carolina/Tennessee border in the Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the Southeastern United States. The range's highpoint, Roan is clad in a dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest and includes the world's largest natural rhododendron ...
Roan Mountain State Park. Roan Mountain State Park is a Tennessee state park in Carter County, in Northeast Tennessee. It is close to the Tennessee-North Carolina border and near the community of Roan Mountain, Tennessee. Situated in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains, the park preserves 2,006 acres (8.12 km 2) of mostly hardwood forest.
Roan Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carter County, Tennessee, United States.The population was 1,360 at the 2010 census. [5] It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the Tri-Cities region.
A popular mountain area in Pisgah and Cherokee National Forests set to partially close for federally funded renovations with a $2.5 million price tag.
Roan Mountain can refer to: Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands), a mountain on the border between Tennessee and North Carolina; Roan Mountain, Tennessee, a small town in northeastern Tennessee near the base of Roan Mountain; Roan Mountain State Park, a state park in northeastern Tennessee, covering Roan Mountain's northern slope and immediate base
State Route 143 (SR 143) is a 12.46 mile state highway that goes through the Cherokee National Forest and Roan Mountain State Park in northeastern Tennessee.The road is very curvy as it does go through a mountainous area.
Roan High Knob: 6,285 Cherokee/Pisgah Mitchell: Carter: 3,485 18.81 Roan High Bluff: 6,178 Pisgah Mitchell 187 1.54 Cloudland Mountain 6,267 Cherokee/Pisgah Mitchell Carter Grassy Ridge Bald: 6,189 Pisgah Avery, Mitchell 688 2.35 Round Bald 5,807 Cherokee/Pisgah Mitchell Carter Jane Bald 5,807 Cherokee/Pisgah Mitchell Carter Hump Mountain 5,587 ...
The Roan Mountain spruce–fir stand is accessed via state highway—designated as Highway 143 in Tennessee and Highway 261 in North Carolina—and a paved road accesses the gap between Roan High Knob and Roan High Bluff, where there is a large rhododendron garden.