| # | Name | Rank | Elevation | Prominence | Counties | Quadrangle |
| 1 | Mitchell, Mount | 1 | 6,684' | 6,090' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 2 | Craig, Mount | 2 | 6,660' | 320' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 3 | Clingmans Dome | 3 | 6,645' | 4,512' | Sevier & Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 4 | Guyot, Mount | 4 | 6,621' | 1,601' | Haywood & Sevier | Mount Guyot |
| 5 | Balsam Cone | 5 | 6,620' | 400' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 6 | Gibbes, Mount | 6 | 6,540' | 440' | Yancey | Montreat |
| 7 | Chapman, Mount | 7 | 6,417' | 597' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 8 | Richland Balsam | 8 | 6,410' | 3,030' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 9 | Blackstock Knob | 9 | 6,340' | 480' | Buncombe & Yancey | Montreat |
| 10 | Celo Knob | 10 | 6,327' | 627' | Yancey | Celo |
| 11 | Waterrock Knob | 11 | 6,292' | 1,947' | Haywood & Jackson | Sylva North |
| 12 | Roan High Knob | 12 | 6,285' | 3,505' | Carter & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
| 13 | Lyn Lowry, Mount | 13 | 6,260' | 400' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
| 14 | Luftee Knob | 14 | 6,234' | 334' | Haywood & Swain | Luftee Knob |
| 15 | Kephart, Mount | 15 | 6,217' | 677' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Le Conte |
| 16 | Black Balsam Knob | 16 | 6,214' | 994' | Haywood | Shining Rock |
| 17 | Winter Star Mountain | 17 | 6,203' | 303' | Yancey | Celo |
| 18 | Collins, Mount | 18 | 6,198' | 475' | Sevier & Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 19 | Grassy Ridge Bald | 19 | 6,180' | 668' | Avery & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
| 20 | Big Cataloochee Mountain | 20 | 6,155' | 655' | Haywood | Luftee Knob |
| 21 | Hardy, Mount | 21 | 6,140' | 800' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 22 | Craggy Dome | 22 | 6,100' | 1,040' | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 23 | Plott Balsam | 23 | 6,088' | 388' | Haywood | Hazelwood |
| 24 | Sam Knob | 24 | 6,060' | 400' | Haywood | Sam Knob |
| 25 | Grassy Cove Top | 25 | 6,060' | 360' | Haywood | Shining Rock |
| 26 | Yellow Face | 26 | 6,032' | 332' | Jackson | Sylva North |
| 27 | Cold Mountain | 27 | 6,030' | 1,010' | Haywood | Cruso |
| 28 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
| 29 | Big Butt | 30 | 5,940' | 720' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 30 | Eagle Rocks | 36 | 5,860' | 360' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 31 | Sterling, Mount | 37 | 5,842' | 663' | Haywood | Cove Creek Gap |
| 32 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
| 33 | Point Misery | 39 | 5,715' | 375' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 34 | Richland Mountain | 42 | 5,700' | 324' | Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 35 | Hump Mountain | 48 | 5,587' | 927' | Avery | White Rocks Mountain |
| 36 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
| 37 | Hemphill Bald | 53 | 5,540' | 360' | Haywood | Dellwood |
| 38 | Thunderhead Mountain | 54 | 5,527' | 1,107' | Blount & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
| 39 | Beech Mountain | 58 | 5,500' | 1,480' | Avery | Elk Park |
| 40 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
| 41 | Crabtree Bald | 75 | 5,340' | 2,720' | Haywood | Fines Creek |
| 42 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 43 | Moody Top | 78 | 5,320' | 340' | Haywood | Dellwood |
| 44 | High Top | 82 | 5,263' | 403' | Haywood | Waynesville |
| 45 | Haoe Benchmark | 86 | 5,249' | 389' | Graham | Tapoco |
| 46 | Hanging Rock | 88 | 5,220' | 1,120' | Avery & Watauga | Valle Crucis |
| 47 | Siler Bald | 89 | 5,220' | 1,080' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
| 48 | Sugar Mountain | 90 | 5,220' | 1,000' | Avery | Newland |