Beaucatcher Mountain is a mountain located in Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...

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North Carolina

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. The unique name is credited by James W. Patton and Charlotte Kerry; in which James teased his sister-in-law Charlotte by strolling on the mountain with her beaux, that he dubbed the mountain "Charlotte's Beaucatcher." Its elevation reaches 2694 feet (821 m), providing views of Downtown Asheville.

The mountain acts as the eastern border downtown Asheville and has three main roads that either go over or through the mountain: US 70/US 74A via Beaucatcher Tunnel (completed in 1930), I-240

Interstate 240 (North Carolina)

Interstate 240 is a long Interstate Highway loop in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It serves as an urban connector for Asheville and runs in a half-circle around the north of the city's downtown district between exits 53B and 46B of Interstate 40...

 via Beaucatcher Cut (completed in 1980), and NC 694

North Carolina Highway 694

North Carolina Highway 694 is a primary state highway in the state of North Carolina. This scenic highway serves as connector between Asheville and the Blue Ridge Parkway.-Route description:...

 (Town Mountain Road) towards the Blue Ridge Parkway

Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. It runs for 469 miles , mostly along the famous Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains...

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Since the 1880's, Beaucatcher Mountain has provided drinking water to the city of Asheville, with two reservoirs located on the mountain: White Flawn Reservoir and Lake Kenilworth. Waters from the mountain eventually make there way to the French Broad River

French Broad River

The French Broad River flows from near the village of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the state of Tennessee. Its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville is the beginning of the Tennessee River....

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