Sams Gap
USA /
North Carolina /
Mars Hill /
World
/ USA
/ North Carolina
/ Mars Hill
World / United States / North Carolina
Appalachian trail, highway interchange / exit
I-26 and US 23 cross the North Carolina-Tennessee state line at 3760 feet (1146 m) above sea level here. From 2003, this is now the highest point on the Interstate system east of the Mississippi River.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°57'13"N 82°33'38"W
- Interstate 240 Exit 8 & 9 / Interstate 40 Exit 53 43 km
- Interstate 26 Exit 31 / Interstate 40 Exit 46 - "Malfunction Junction" 44 km
- Interstate 75 Interchange 383 131 km
- Interstate 40/140/75 Junction - Interchange 376 142 km
- Interstate 77 Exit 19 / Interstate 485 Exit 23A/B 167 km
- Interstate 85 Exit 48 / Interstate 485 Exit 30 177 km
- N.C. Route 74 Exit 53 / Interstate 40 Business Exit 12 (under construction) 219 km
- Interstate 40 Exit 212 / Interstate 73 Exit 103 237 km
- I-26 and I-77 Interchange 262 km
- Interstate 295 Exit 21 / All American Freeway Exit 337 km
- Wolf Ridge Ski Resort 4.8 km
- Wolf Laurel Country Club 5.2 km
- Sugarloaf Knob 6.5 km
- Little Bald 11 km
- Mars Hill College 14 km
- Bee Log, North Carolina 14 km
- Flat Creek, NC 22 km
- Barnardsville, North Carolina 22 km
- Solstice East 23 km
- Mount Mitchell State Park 33 km
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