{
  "name": "Mount Mitchell Summit Road",
  "slug": "mount-mitchell-nc-128",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/mount-mitchell-nc-128/",
  "summary": "Peel off the Blue Ridge Parkway and NC 128 has one job: up, at roughly nine percent through spruce-fir forest, to the 6,684 ft summit of Mount Mitchell. Nothing east of the Mississippi stands higher, and on a clear day you'll believe it.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "NC 128"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "United States",
    "region": "North Carolina",
    "start": {
      "name": "Blue Ridge Parkway",
      "lat": 35.749396,
      "lon": -82.277665
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Mount Mitchell",
      "lat": 35.765356,
      "lon": -82.266693
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 1.7,
    "lengthKm": 2.7,
    "driveMinutes": 3,
    "corners": 14,
    "hairpins": 1,
    "maxGradientPercent": 9,
    "summitMetres": 1974,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 5
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Steep nine percent grade",
    "Access cut if Parkway closes",
    "Fog and high-elevation weather"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "forest"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Hallback",
    "Mount Mitchell"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 26
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-25"
}