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Suggested Reading

 

Grandfather Mountain: The History and Guide to an Appalachian Icon 

by Randy Johnson  (Author)

Hiking North Carolina: A Guide to More Than 500 of North Carolina's Greatest Hiking Trails (State Hiking Guides Series) Paperback – January 15, 2016

by Randy Johnson  (Author)

Pisgah National Forest: A History

by Marci Spencer  (Author), James G. Lewis PhD (Foreword)

Mount Mitchell (Images of America) 

by Jonathan Howard Bennett (Author), David Biddix (Author)

Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America 

by Timothy Silver  (Author)

Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the Mountaineers 

by Horace Kephart  (Author), Ralph Roberts (Contributor)

Cabins in the Laurel (Chapel Hill Books) 

by Muriel Earley Sheppard 

Appalachian Wildflowers 1st Edition

by Thomas E Hemmerly  (Author)

Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: When & Where to Find Them 5th Edition

by Carlos C. Campbell (Author), Aaron J. Sharp (Author), Robert W. Hutson  (Author), William F. Hutson (Author)

Wildflowers and Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont: A Naturalist's Guide to the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia (Southern Gateways Guides)

by Timothy P. Spira  (Author)

 
 
South Toe River, Mt. Mitchell & Big Ivy Trail Map
North Carolina Waterfalls North Carolina Waterfalls by Kevin Adams

 

Mount Mitchell State Park: Information, Maps and Directions

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