 To the north northeast are the white feldspar cliffs of Chalk Mountain above Spruce Pine, North Carolina.Grandfather Mountain (5964 ft.), Hawksbill (4020 ft.) and Table Rock Mountain (4100 ft.) can be seen towards the east with Marion, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Lynn Gap to the south south east.From south to north rise the spruce and fir covered eastern slopes of the Black Mountains comprising at least a dozen peaks along the visible ridge with Mt.