![undefined](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Map_of_Appalachian_Highlands_and_Appalachian_Lowlands.png) A North American mountain range beginning in [[Dan's History Web/US 1/Topic Index/Newfoundland]] and extending 2,050 miles to central Alabama. The range's highest peak is Mount Mitchell in North Carolina (6,684 feet), which is the highest peak in North America east of the Mississippi.