# |
Name |
Rank |
Elevation |
Prominence |
Counties |
Quadrangle |
1 | Cataloochee Balsam | 28 | 5,970' | 1,550' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
2 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
3 | Rough Butt Bald | 31 | 5,940' | 520' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
4 | Bullhead Mountain | 32 | 5,940' | 360' | Buncombe | Montreat |
5 | Chiltoes Mountain | 35 | 5,900' | 320' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
6 | Stairs Mountain | | 5,900' | 120' | Haywood | Cruso |
7 | Craggy Pinnacle | | 5,892' | 233' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
8 | Round Bald | | 5,820' | 200' | Carter & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
9 | Jane Bald | | 5,820' | 80' | Carter & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
10 | Oldfield Top | | 5,820' | 40' | Haywood | Hazelwood |
11 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
12 | "Craggy Gardens Peak" | | 5,700' | 200' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
13 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
14 | Silers Bald | | 5,607' | 267' | Sevier & Swain | Silers Bald |
15 | Snake Mountain | 47 | 5,597' | 2,286' | Watauga | Zionville |
16 | Hump Mountain | 48 | 5,587' | 927' | Avery | White Rocks Mountain |
17 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
18 | Jenkins Knob | | 5,580' | 80' | Sevier & Swain | Silers Bald |
19 | Thunderhead Mountain | 54 | 5,527' | 1,107' | Blount & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
20 | Snake Benchmark | | 5,518' | 58' | Johnson & Watauga | Zionville |
21 | Big Bald | 55 | 5,516' | 2,576' | Unicoi & Yancey | Bald Creek |
22 | Whim Knob | 57 | 5,501' | 361' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
23 | Bunches Bald | 59 | 5,500' | 1,004' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
24 | Beartown Mountain | | 5,500' | 160' | Carter & Mitchell | Bakersville |
25 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
26 | Wine Spring Bald | 64 | 5,460' | 1,722' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
27 | Big Yellow Mountain | 67 | 5,460' | 480' | Avery | Carvers Gap |
28 | Little Hump Mountain | | 5,460' | 200' | Avery & Carter | Carvers Gap |
29 | Soco Bald | | 5,460' | 80' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
30 | Snowball Mountain | 72 | 5,380' | 480' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
31 | Graybeard Mountain | 73 | 5,380' | 360' | Buncombe & McDowell | Montreat |
32 | Wayah Bald | | 5,342' | 162' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
33 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
34 | Moody Top | 78 | 5,320' | 340' | Haywood | Dellwood |
35 | Little Bald Mountain | 80 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
36 | Big Bald | 81 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
37 | Copper Ridge Bald | 85 | 5,256' | 1,036' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
38 | Lane Pinnacle | 87 | 5,230' | 610' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
39 | Siler Bald | 89 | 5,220' | 1,080' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
40 | Cold Spring Knob | 91 | 5,220' | 360' | Sevier & Swain | Silers Bald |
41 | Little Bald | 92 | 5,220' | 320' | Unicoi & Yancey | Chestoa |
42 | Albert Mountain | | 5,220' | 240' | Macon | Prentiss |
43 | Potato Hill Bald | 93 | 5,219' | 319' | Swain | Bunches Bald |
44 | Brier Knob | 94 | 5,215' | 355' | Blount & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
45 | Unaka Mountain | 96 | 5,190' | 1,450' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Unicoi |
46 | Queen Ridge | 103 | 5,180' | 440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
47 | Yellow Mountain | 106 | 5,127' | 1,547' | Jackson & Macon | Glenville |
48 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
49 | Cheoah Bald | 115 | 5,062' | 2,362' | Graham & Swain | Hewitt |
50 | Green Knob | 121 | 5,056' | 516' | Haywood & Transylvania | Shining Rock |
51 | Cammerer Ridge | 124 | 5,042' | 800' | Cocke & Haywood | Hartford |
52 | Shortoff Mountain | 125 | 5,020' | 920' | Macon | Highlands |