Mount Pisgah (mountain in North Carolina)

Mount Pisgah
View of Mount Pisgah from the Blue Ridge Parkway, October 2016
Highest point
Elevation	5,721 ft (1,744 m)
Coordinates	35°25′32″N 82°45′25″W / 35.4255°N 82.7569°W / 35.4255; -82.7569
Geography
Location	Buncombe / Haywood counties, North Carolina, U.S.
Parent range	Appalachian Mountains
Topo map	USGS Cruso
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Pisgah is a mountain in the Appalachian mountain range and part of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States. The mountain's height is 5,721 feet (1,744 m) above sea level, and it sits approximately 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Asheville, near the crossing of the boundaries of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties. It is located on the border of Buncombe and Haywood counties, close to the point where Henderson and Transylvania meet them, but not actually within the latter two counties. The mountain is easily accessible via a hiking trail from the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Pisgah Inn.

Some people in the area have referred to "Pisgah and the Rat" because the mountain and others nearby are said to look like a rat. Art by Harry Sage appears on the city seal of Asheville, North Carolina.^[1]