| # | 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 |
| 49 | Nettle Creek Bald | 101 | 5,180' | 598' | Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 50 | Yellow Mountain | 106 | 5,127' | 1,547' | Jackson & Macon | Glenville |
| 51 | Bluff Mountain | 108 | 5,100' | 1,640' | Ashe | Warrensville |
| 52 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
| 53 | Pilot Mountain | 110 | 5,100' | 560' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
| 54 | Cheoah Bald | 115 | 5,062' | 2,362' | Graham & Swain | Hewitt |
| 55 | Big Scaly | 120 | 5,060' | 320' | Clay | Rainbow Springs |
| 56 | Three Top Mountain | 123 | 5,048' | 1,319' | Ashe | Warrensville |
| 57 | Cammerer Ridge | 124 | 5,042' | 800' | Cocke & Haywood | Hartford |
| 58 | Boteler Peak | 129 | 5,010' | 1,350' | Clay | Shooting Creek |
| 59 | Stone Mountain | 131 | 4,980' | 1,360' | Ashe & Johnson | Grayson |
| 60 | Gregory Bald | 136 | 4,949' | 1,107' | Blount & Swain | Cades Cove |
| 61 | Cowee Bald | 137 | 4,944' | 1,684' | Jackson & Macon | Greens Creek |
| 62 | Black Rock Mountain | 140 | 4,940' | 560' | Jackson & Macon | Glenville |
| 63 | Pickens Nose | 142 | 4,940' | 480' | Macon | Prentiss |
| 64 | Sassafras Knob | 143 | 4,940' | 360' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
| 65 | Rocky Knob | 144 | 4,940' | 320' | Watauga | Valle Crucis |
| 66 | Whiteside Mountain | 146 | 4,900' | 720' | Jackson | Highlands |
| 67 | Upper Haw Knob | 147 | 4,900' | 440' | Madison & Yancey | Bald Creek |
| 68 | Camp Creek Bald | 157 | 4,842' | 732' | Greene & Madison | Greystone |
| 69 | Rich Mountain | 166 | 4,782' | 802' | Watauga | Boone |
| 70 | Bald Knob | 168 | 4,780' | 605' | Jackson & Transylvania | Lake Toxaway |
| 71 | Sharptop | 170 | 4,780' | 400' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 72 | Bald Mountain | 172 | 4,780' | 360' | Avery | Elk Park |
| 73 | Toxaway Mountain | 173 | 4,777' | 917' | Jackson & Transylvania | Lake Toxaway |
| 74 | Devils Tater Patch | 174 | 4,775' | 675' | Blount & Swain | Cades Cove |
| 75 | Swim Bald | 185 | 4,740' | 360' | Graham & Swain | Hewitt |
| 76 | Teyahalee Bald | 188 | 4,716' | 1,341' | Cherokee & Graham | Robbinsville |
| 77 | Bluff Mountain | 194 | 4,686' | 1,146' | Madison | Lemon Gap |
| 78 | Barnett Knob | 196 | 4,665' | 516' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 79 | Grandmother Mountain | 200 | 4,660' | 600' | Avery | Grandfather Mountain |