Along the top of Roan Mountain near Grassy Ridge. Roan Mt. has the largest natural rhododendron garden in the world.

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Fog rolls across the top of Roan Mountain in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina. Roan Mountain is home to the largest natural rhododendron garden in the world as well as the longest stretch of grassy bald in the Appalachian Mountain chain( 7 miles).This is also the high point in the Roan-Unaka Range at 6,285 feet.

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