| # | 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 | Gibbes, Mount | 6 | 6,540' | 440' | Yancey | Montreat |
| 6 | Richland Balsam | 8 | 6,410' | 3,030' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 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 | Collins, Mount | 18 | 6,198' | 475' | Sevier & Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 10 | Yellow Face | 26 | 6,032' | 332' | Jackson | Sylva North |
| 11 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
| 12 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
| 13 | Bunches Bald | 59 | 5,500' | 1,004' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 14 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 15 | Little Bald Mountain | 80 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
| 16 | Big Bald | 81 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |