| # | Name | Rank | Elevation | Prominence | Counties | Quadrangle |
| 1 | Bee Mountain | S | 2,980' | 280' | Avery | Grandfather Mountain |
| 2 | Walker Top | 924 | 2,940' | 400' | Burke | Morganton South |
| 3 | Chimney Rock Mountain | 2,940' | 160' | Rutherford | Bat Cave | |
| 4 | Benn Knob | 941 | 2,900' | 440' | Burke & Cleveland | Benn Knob |
| 5 | Pinnacle | 2,820' | 120' | Burke | Ashford | |
| 6 | Kaylor Knob | 2,780' | 40' | Burke | Morganton South | |
| 7 | Youngs Mountain | 1006 | 2,700' | 1,400' | Rutherford | Lake Lure |
| 8 | Pores Knob | 1016 | 2,670' | 1,340' | Wilkes | Moravian Falls |
| 9 | Horse Ridge | 2,646' | 186' | Burke | Benn Knob | |
| 10 | Burkemont Mountain | 1040 | 2,620' | 320' | Burke | Morganton South |
| 11 | Miller Mountain | 2,590' | 170' | Polk | Cliffield Mountain | |
| 12 | Moores Knob | 1053 | 2,579' | 1,449' | Stokes | Hanging Rock |
| 13 | Hickory Knob | 1054 | 2,570' | 980' | Alexander, Caldwell, & Wilkes | Ellendale |
| 14 | Dogwood Stamp Mountain | 2,540' | 80' | Burke | Benn Knob | |
| 15 | Little Chestnut Mountain | 2,487' | 187' | Burke & Caldwell | Chestnut Mountain | |
| 16 | Rendezvous Mountain | 2,460' | 200' | Wilkes | Purlear | |
| 17 | Huckleberry Ridge | 2,450' | 60' | Stokes | Hanging Rock | |
| 18 | Sauratown Mountain | 1104 | 2,441' | 1,200' | Stokes | Hanging Rock |
| 19 | Pilot Mountain | 1105 | 2,421' | 1,291' | Surry | Pinnacle |
| 20 | Devils Chimney | 1114 | 2,396' | 406' | Stokes | Hanging Rock |
| 21 | Cooks Wall Mountain | 2,390' | 60' | Stokes | Hanging Rock | |
| 22 | Stone Mountain | 1134 | 2,305' | 445' | Alleghany & Wilkes | Glade Valley |
| 23 | Chimney Rock | 2,300' | 80' | Rutherford | Bat Cave | |
| 24 | Chestnut Knob | 2,291' | 231' | Burke | Benn Knob | |
| 25 | "Little Pinnacle" | 2,270' | 100' | Surry | Pinnacle | |
| 26 | High Rock | 2,220' | 160' | Burke & Cleveland | Casar | |
| 27 | Hanging Rock | 1183 | 2,170' | 360' | Stokes | Hanging Rock |
| 28 | Wolf Rock | 2,024' | 74' | Stokes | Hanging Rock |