| # |
Name |
Rank |
Elevation |
Prominence |
Counties |
Quadrangle |
| 1 | Silvermine Bald | | 5,980' | 80' | Haywood & Transylvania | Sam Knob |
| 2 | Fork Ridge | | 5,980' | 40' | Haywood | Hazelwood |
| 3 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
| 4 | Big Butt | 30 | 5,940' | 720' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 5 | Rough Butt Bald | 31 | 5,940' | 520' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 6 | Bullhead Mountain | 32 | 5,940' | 360' | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 7 | "Attic Window Peak" | S | 5,900' | 280' | Avery | Grandfather Mountain |
| 8 | Flower Knob | | 5,900' | 120' | Haywood | Shining Rock |
| 9 | Craggy Pinnacle | | 5,892' | 233' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 10 | Raven Rocks | | 5,860' | 200' | Avery | Grandfather Mountain |
| 11 | Round Bald | | 5,820' | 200' | Carter & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
| 12 | Jane Bald | | 5,820' | 80' | Carter & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
| 13 | Oldfield Top | | 5,820' | 40' | Haywood | Hazelwood |
| 14 | Balsam High Top | S | 5,740' | 280' | Haywood & Swain | Luftee Knob |
| 15 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
| 16 | Point Misery | 39 | 5,715' | 375' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 17 | Flat Spring Knob | | 5,700' | 200' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 18 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
| 19 | Little Butt | | 5,620' | 80' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 20 | Snake Mountain | 47 | 5,597' | 2,286' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 21 | Hump Mountain | 48 | 5,587' | 927' | Avery | White Rocks Mountain |
| 22 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
| 23 | Elk Knob | 52 | 5,558' | 1,071' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 24 | Snake Benchmark | | 5,518' | 58' | Johnson & Watauga | Zionville |
| 25 | Big Bald | 55 | 5,516' | 2,576' | Unicoi & Yancey | Bald Creek |
| 26 | Bunches Bald | 59 | 5,500' | 1,004' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 27 | Wilson Ridge | | 5,500' | 40' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 28 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
| 29 | Walker Knob | | 5,482' | 142' | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 30 | Haw Knob | | 5,472' | 212' | Graham & Monroe | Big Junction |
| 31 | Big Yellow Mountain | 67 | 5,460' | 480' | Avery | Carvers Gap |
| 32 | Little Hump Mountain | | 5,460' | 200' | Avery & Carter | Carvers Gap |
| 33 | Hooper Bald | | 5,429' | 169' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
| 34 | Bald Knob | | 5,420' | 200' | Buncombe & Yancey | Montreat |
| 35 | Snowball Mountain | 72 | 5,380' | 480' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 36 | Graybeard Mountain | 73 | 5,380' | 360' | Buncombe & McDowell | Montreat |
| 37 | Crabtree Bald | 75 | 5,340' | 2,720' | Haywood | Fines Creek |
| 38 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 39 | Little Bald Mountain | 80 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
| 40 | Big Bald | 81 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 41 | Little Pisgah Mountain | | 5,300' | 200' | Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
| 42 | Lane Pinnacle | 87 | 5,230' | 610' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 43 | Sugar Mountain | 90 | 5,220' | 1,000' | Avery | Newland |
| 44 | Little Bald | 92 | 5,220' | 320' | Unicoi & Yancey | Chestoa |
| 45 | Unaka Mountain | 96 | 5,190' | 1,450' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Unicoi |
| 46 | Ledge Bald | | 5,184' | 114' | Haywood & Swain | Luftee Knob |
| 47 | Queen Ridge | 103 | 5,180' | 440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
| 48 | Sandymush Bald | 104 | 5,152' | 492' | Buncombe & Madison | Fines Creek |
| 49 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
| 50 | Cheoah Bald | 115 | 5,062' | 2,362' | Graham & Swain | Hewitt |
| 51 | Green Knob | 121 | 5,056' | 516' | Haywood & Transylvania | Shining Rock |
| 52 | Three Top Mountain | 123 | 5,048' | 1,319' | Ashe | Warrensville |
| 53 | "Big Rock" | | 5,046' | 215' | Ashe | Warrensville |
| 54 | Yellow Mountain | 126 | 5,020' | 680' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |