| # | Name | Rank | Elevation | Prominence | Counties | Quadrangle |
| 1 | Clingmans Dome | 3 | 6,645' | 4,512' | Sevier & Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 2 | Beech Mountain | 58 | 5,500' | 1,480' | Avery | Elk Park |
| 3 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
| 4 | Snowball Mountain | 72 | 5,380' | 480' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 5 | Rich Mountain Bald | 74 | 5,372' | 952' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 6 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 7 | Little Bald Mountain | 80 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
| 8 | Big Bald | 81 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 9 | Sugar Mountain | 90 | 5,220' | 1,000' | Avery | Newland |
| 10 | Unaka Mountain | 96 | 5,190' | 1,450' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Unicoi |