Three Mile
Unincorporated community
Three Mile is located in North Carolina
Three Mile
Three Mile
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°59′06″N 81°58′42″W / 35.98500°N 81.97833°W / 35.98500; -81.97833
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyAvery County
Elevation
2,890 ft (881 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28657
Area code828
GNIS feature ID1023507[1]

Three Mile is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along NC 194 (Three Mile Highway); the name is derived from the air miles-straight-line distance of three miles between US 19-E to US 221.

It is a rural, unincorporated community, vs. a chartered town and is part of the Green Valley Community and fire district, near the South Toe River.

The community is 4 miles from the Mitchell County line and 5 miles East of the Mitchell County Town of Spruce Pine. Due to better roads and close proximity, the area has historical ties to Spruce Pine, population 2,200, for shopping and eating, vs. to the Avery County Seat town of Newland, which is 11 miles north. Spruce Pine has several large shopping centers, motels, restaurants and a regional hospital. The unincorporated community of Linville Falls, 4 miles East, is where Avery, Burke and McDowell Counties converge. Burnsville in Yancey County, is 18 miles west, Asheville is 55 miles Southwest and Boone is 30 miles East. The area has Avery County's only section of 4-lane highway; a 2-mile section of US 19E, extending from the Gushers Knob intersection, to the Toe River bridge at Schoolhouse Mine. NC DOT has planned that section of highway for expansion to 4 lanes, from the Toe River bridge to connect with the 4-lane, US 19E Highway in Spruce Pine, which was extended in October of 2020 all of the way to Interstate 26 in Madison County, near Mars Hill.

There are several major, regional employers nearby: Mayland Community College-Main Campus, Schoolhouse Mine mica and quartz mine owned by Sibelco and 2 large side-by-side NC State Prisons; Mountain View and Avery-Mitchell.

The community area also has several churches, the Avery-Mitchell Regional Airport; a small general aviation airport with no tower, Riverside P-5 Elementary School, Green Valley Fire Station, an Avery county park, an Avery County EMS station, a campground and several small stores.

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