| 词条 | Mitchell Falls |
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| photo = Colormitchellfalls.jpg | name = Mitchell's Falls, 1859 | location = Blue Ridge Mountains, Yancey County, North Carolina | type = Slide | height = {{convert|25|ft|m|1}} | drop = | numberofdrops = | flow = | coords = {{coord|35.773945|-82.283653}} }}Mitchell Falls is a {{convert|25|ft|m|1|adj=on}} waterfall located in Yancey County, North Carolina on the slope of Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain in the Appalachian Mountain chain and highest point in the eastern United States. The falls, the mountain and its related state park are named for Elisha Mitchell, a professor who, while confirming his measurements of the mountain, fell over a rocky ledge above the falls to his death on June 27, 1857.[1] Visiting the fallsThe falls are located downstream from "far downstream of the Mount Mitchell State Park boundary" on a private property hunting reserve.[2] Access to the falls is normally prohibited but has been allowed in the past to groups and photographers by special permission. As the landowner has been an environmentally-conscious steward{{cn|date= February 2017}} for the tract of land on which the falls lie, people wishing to visit the falls are highly encouraged to respect this and not to trespass in an attempt to see the falls but wait until such a trip is organized. Nearby falls
Occasional published works have erroneously identified the falls which has created some confusion as to which waterfall in the area is actually Mitchell Falls. Kevin Adams' book North Carolina Waterfalls misidentifies the falls from mislabeled photographs by George Masa and Rufus Morgan. The {{convert|45|ft|m|0|adj=on}} falls listed in the Adams book use photographs by George Masa. The author updated his website with the corrected information[3] and acknowledged the difficulty of many people identifying the correct waterfall because of four historical photos.[2] All three falls (Mitchell Falls, those photographed by George Masa, and those photographed by Rufus Morgan) are on private property. References1. ^ {{cite book | last = Adams | first = Kevin | title = North Carolina Waterfalls | year = 2005 | publisher = John F. Blair | pages = 153–154 | isbn = 0-89587-320-6 }} 2. ^1 {{cite web| url= http://www.kadamsphoto.com/north_carolina_waterfalls/mitchell-falls/ |first= Kevin| last= Adams| website= KAdamsPhoto.com| title= Mitchell Falls| date= August 22, 2016| access-date= February 14, 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web| url= http://www.kadamsphoto.com/waterfall.htm#Hub%2012%20Mount%20Mitchell |first= Kevin| last= Adams| website= KAdamsPhoto.com| title= Online Supplement to North Carolina Waterfalls| date= | access-date= February 14, 2017}} External links
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