| # |
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 | Balsam Cone | 5 | 6,620' | 400' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 5 | Richland Balsam | 8 | 6,410' | 3,030' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 6 | Blackstock Knob | 9 | 6,340' | 480' | Buncombe & Yancey | Montreat |
| 7 | Waterrock Knob | 11 | 6,292' | 1,947' | Haywood & Jackson | Sylva North |
| 8 | Roan High Knob | 12 | 6,285' | 3,505' | Carter & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
| 9 | Lyn Lowry, Mount | 13 | 6,260' | 400' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
| 10 | Collins, Mount | 18 | 6,198' | 475' | Sevier & Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 11 | Craggy Dome | 22 | 6,100' | 1,040' | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 12 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
| 13 | Bullhead Mountain | 32 | 5,940' | 360' | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 14 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
| 15 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
| 16 | Snake Mountain | 47 | 5,597' | 2,286' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 17 | Laurel Patch Bald | 51 | 5,580' | 320' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
| 18 | Elk Knob | 52 | 5,558' | 1,071' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 19 | Big Bald | 55 | 5,516' | 2,576' | Unicoi & Yancey | Bald Creek |
| 20 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
| 21 | Snowball Mountain | 72 | 5,380' | 480' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 22 | Crabtree Bald | 75 | 5,340' | 2,720' | Haywood | Fines Creek |
| 23 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 24 | Lane Pinnacle | 87 | 5,230' | 610' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 25 | Sugar Mountain | 90 | 5,220' | 1,000' | Avery | Newland |
| 26 | Sandymush Bald | 104 | 5,152' | 492' | Buncombe & Madison | Fines Creek |
| 27 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
| 28 | Upper Haw Knob | 147 | 4,900' | 440' | Madison & Yancey | Bald Creek |
| 29 | Rich Mountain | 166 | 4,782' | 802' | Watauga | Boone |
| 30 | Firescald Mountain | 177 | 4,770' | 590' | Yancey | Bald Creek |
| 31 | Barnett Knob | 196 | 4,665' | 516' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 32 | Howard Knob | 285 | 4,420' | 400' | Watauga | Boone |
| 33 | Little Pisgah Mountain | 294 | 4,412' | 1,752' | Buncombe & Henderson | Black Mountain |
| 34 | Phillips Knob | 324 | 4,338' | 1,238' | Yancey | Burnsville |
| 35 | Long Arm Mountain | 327 | 4,300' | 600' | Burke | Linville Falls |
| 36 | Bearwallow Mountain | 356 | 4,232' | 1,354' | Henderson | Bat Cave |
| 37 | Locust Knob | 410 | 4,100' | 1,040' | Mitchell | Bakersville |
| 38 | Rice Knob | 450 | 4,002' | 822' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 39 | Greene Knob | 479 | 3,940' | 400' | Watauga | Zionville |