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Cold Mountain is in the mountain region of western North Carolina, United States. The mountain is one of the Great Balsam Mountains which are a part of the Blue Ridge Mountains within the Appalachian Mountains. Cold Mountain is located within the Shining Rock Wilderness of the Pisgah National Forest about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southeast of Waynesville and 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Asheville. The mountain lies completely within federal lands and is uninhabited. It rises to 6,030 feet (1,819 m) above sea level. It is the 40th tallest mountain in the eastern United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Tallest Mountains in the Eastern U.S. )〕 ==History== Cold Mountain and the Shining Rock Wilderness are part of Pisgah National Forest. Much of the Forest was originally owned by George Washington Vanderbilt II, builder of the Biltmore Estate. After his death, his widow sold the land that included the mountain to the United States Forest Service at $5 an acre to help create the Pisgah National Forest as the first National Forest in the eastern United States. Wurtsmith Air Force Base (now decommissioned) was named after Major General Paul Wurtsmith who was killed when his B-25 Mitchell crashed on Cold Mountain in September 1946. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cold Mountain (North Carolina)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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