# |
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 | Cataloochee Balsam | 28 | 5,970' | 1,550' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
29 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
30 | Big Butt | 30 | 5,940' | 720' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
31 | Rough Butt Bald | 31 | 5,940' | 520' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
32 | Bullhead Mountain | 32 | 5,940' | 360' | Buncombe | Montreat |
33 | Cold Spring Knob | 33 | 5,940' | 320' | Haywood | Waynesville |
34 | Laurel Top | 34 | 5,907' | 647' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Guyot |
35 | Chiltoes Mountain | 35 | 5,900' | 320' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
36 | Eagle Rocks | 36 | 5,860' | 360' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Guyot |
37 | Sterling, Mount | 37 | 5,842' | 663' | Haywood | Cove Creek Gap |
38 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
39 | Point Misery | 39 | 5,715' | 375' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
40 | Lickstone Bald | 40 | 5,700' | 806' | Haywood | Waynesville |
41 | Steestachee Bald | 41 | 5,700' | 560' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
42 | Richland Mountain | 42 | 5,700' | 324' | Swain | Mount Guyot |
43 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
44 | Little Bald Knob | 44 | 5,660' | 532' | Haywood | Dellwood |
45 | Buck Knob | 45 | 5,620' | 440' | Haywood | Bunches Bald |
46 | Brown Lead | 46 | 5,620' | 320' | Haywood | Bunches Bald |
47 | Snake Mountain | 47 | 5,597' | 2,286' | Watauga | Zionville |
48 | Hump Mountain | 48 | 5,587' | 927' | Avery | White Rocks Mountain |
49 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
50 | Elk Knob | 52 | 5,558' | 1,071' | Watauga | Zionville |
51 | Hemphill Bald | 53 | 5,540' | 360' | Haywood | Dellwood |
52 | Thunderhead Mountain | 54 | 5,527' | 1,107' | Blount & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
53 | Big Bald | 55 | 5,516' | 2,576' | Unicoi & Yancey | Bald Creek |
54 | Little Yellow Mountain | 56 | 5,504' | 651' | Avery & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
55 | Whim Knob | 57 | 5,501' | 361' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
56 | Beech Mountain | 58 | 5,500' | 1,480' | Avery | Elk Park |
57 | Bunches Bald | 59 | 5,500' | 1,004' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
58 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
59 | Doubletop Mountain | 61 | 5,481' | 941' | Jackson | Hazelwood |
60 | Snaggy Bald | 62 | 5,471' | 611' | Jackson | Tuckasegee |
61 | Blockhouse Mountain | 63 | 5,470' | 610' | Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
62 | Wine Spring Bald | 64 | 5,460' | 1,722' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
63 | Ogle Ridge | 65 | 5,460' | 1,200' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
64 | Breakneck Ridge | 66 | 5,460' | 560' | Swain | Mount Guyot |
65 | Walker Bald | 69 | 5,420' | 680' | Haywood | Dellwood |
66 | LR 548 Benchmark | 70 | 5,401' | 341' | Haywood | Hazelwood |
67 | Stratton Bald | 71 | 5,380' | 1,080' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
68 | Rich Mountain Bald | 74 | 5,372' | 952' | Watauga | Zionville |
69 | Crabtree Bald | 75 | 5,340' | 2,720' | Haywood | Fines Creek |
70 | Big Bald | 79 | 5,307' | 1,167' | Avery & Mitchell | Spruce Pine |
71 | Tusquitee Bald | 83 | 5,260' | 1,734' | Clay | Topton |
72 | Yellow Bald | 84 | 5,260' | 1,040' | Macon | Prentiss |
73 | Copper Ridge Bald | 85 | 5,256' | 1,036' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
74 | Hanging Rock | 88 | 5,220' | 1,120' | Avery & Watauga | Valle Crucis |
75 | Siler Bald | 89 | 5,220' | 1,080' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
76 | Sugar Mountain | 90 | 5,220' | 1,000' | Avery | Newland |
77 | Cold Spring Knob | 91 | 5,220' | 360' | Sevier & Swain | Silers Bald |
78 | Little Bald | 92 | 5,220' | 320' | Unicoi & Yancey | Chestoa |
79 | Potato Hill Bald | 93 | 5,219' | 319' | Swain | Bunches Bald |
80 | Brier Knob | 94 | 5,215' | 355' | Blount & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
81 | Peak, The | 95 | 5,195' | 895' | Ashe | Baldwin Gap |
82 | Unaka Mountain | 96 | 5,190' | 1,450' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Unicoi |
83 | Hughes Ridge | 98 | 5,188' | 368' | Swain | Smokemont |
84 | Newton Bald | 100 | 5,180' | 600' | Swain | Smokemont |
85 | Nettle Creek Bald | 101 | 5,180' | 598' | Swain | Clingmans Dome |
86 | Cosby Knob | 102 | 5,180' | 486' | Cocke & Haywood | Luftee Knob |
87 | Sandymush Bald | 104 | 5,152' | 492' | Buncombe & Madison | Fines Creek |
88 | Indian Knob | 105 | 5,137' | 437' | Haywood | Luftee Knob |
89 | Yellow Mountain | 106 | 5,127' | 1,547' | Jackson & Macon | Glenville |
90 | Bluff Mountain | 108 | 5,100' | 1,640' | Ashe | Warrensville |
91 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
92 | Big Butt | 111 | 5,100' | 360' | Macon | Prentiss |
93 | Purchase Knob | 112 | 5,086' | 346' | Haywood | Dellwood |
94 | Cheoah Bald | 115 | 5,062' | 2,362' | Graham & Swain | Hewitt |
95 | Davis, Mount | 118 | 5,060' | 370' | Sevier & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
96 | Becks Bald | 122 | 5,053' | 393' | Swain | Smokemont |
97 | Three Top Mountain | 123 | 5,048' | 1,319' | Ashe | Warrensville |
98 | Cammerer Ridge | 124 | 5,042' | 800' | Cocke & Haywood | Hartford |
99 | Shortoff Mountain | 125 | 5,020' | 920' | Macon | Highlands |
100 | Hyatt Ridge | 127 | 5,020' | 600' | Swain | Bunches Bald |
101 | Boteler Peak | 129 | 5,010' | 1,350' | Clay | Shooting Creek |
102 | 4995 | 130 | 4,995' | 335' | Swain | Smokemont |
103 | Stone Mountain | 131 | 4,980' | 1,360' | Ashe & Johnson | Grayson |
104 | Pond Mountain | 133 | 4,980' | 400' | Ashe | Grayson |
105 | Flattop Mountain | 134 | 4,980' | 320' | Avery | Grandfather Mountain |
106 | Gregory Bald | 136 | 4,949' | 1,107' | Blount & Swain | Cades Cove |
107 | Cowee Bald | 137 | 4,944' | 1,684' | Jackson & Macon | Greens Creek |
108 | Pickens Nose | 142 | 4,940' | 480' | Macon | Prentiss |
109 | Whiteside Mountain | 146 | 4,900' | 720' | Jackson | Highlands |
110 | Green Ridge Knob | 154 | 4,852' | 1,758' | Madison | Flag Pond |
111 | Gravel Knob | 155 | 4,851' | 396' | Greene & Madison | Greystone |
112 | Camp Creek Bald | 157 | 4,842' | 732' | Greene & Madison | Greystone |
113 | 4820 | 163 | 4,820' | 320' | Blount, Sevier, & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
114 | Devils Tater Patch | 174 | 4,775' | 675' | Blount & Swain | Cades Cove |
115 | Coburn Knob | 176 | 4,773' | 713' | Swain | Clingmans Dome |
116 | Flattop Mountain | 187 | 4,716' | 1,456' | Yancey | Chestoa |
117 | Teyahalee Bald | 188 | 4,716' | 1,341' | Cherokee & Graham | Robbinsville |
118 | Phoenix Mountain | 189 | 4,710' | 1,690' | Ashe | Jefferson |
119 | Sassafras Knob | 192 | 4,700' | 480' | Swain | Clingmans Dome |
120 | Bluff Mountain | 194 | 4,686' | 1,146' | Madison | Lemon Gap |
121 | Jefferson, Mount | 198 | 4,660' | 1,560' | Ashe | Jefferson |
122 | Bald, The | 207 | 4,657' | 1,397' | Johnson & Watauga | Sherwood |
123 | Max Patch Mountain | 210 | 4,629' | 849' | Madison | Lemon Gap |
124 | Wesser Bald | 211 | 4,627' | 767' | Macon | Wesser |
125 | Horse Ridge | 239 | 4,548' | 328' | Swain | Bunches Bald |
126 | Doe Knob | 250 | 4,540' | 320' | Blount & Swain | Cades Cove |
127 | 4530 | 251 | 4,530' | 430' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Huntdale |
128 | 4460 | 272 | 4,460' | 360' | Madison & Unicoi | Sams Gap |
129 | Little Pisgah Mountain | 294 | 4,412' | 1,752' | Buncombe & Henderson | Black Mountain |
130 | Pig Pen Bluff | 295 | 4,401' | 1,621' | Yancey | Micaville |
131 | Montreat 6 Benchmark | 303 | 4,380' | 560' | Buncombe | Oteen |
132 | Long Arm Mountain | 327 | 4,300' | 600' | Burke | Linville Falls |
133 | Walnut Mountain | 328 | 4,300' | 600' | Cocke & Madison | Lemon Gap |
134 | Thomas Ridge | 329 | 4,300' | 585' | Swain | Clingmans Dome |
135 | High Rocks | 330 | 4,300' | 440' | Yancey | Chestoa |
136 | Scottish Mountain | 335 | 4,287' | 399' | Haywood | Cove Creek Gap |
137 | High Peak | 338 | 4,260' | 1,600' | Yancey | Burnsville |
138 | Snowbird Mountain | 339 | 4,260' | 1,360' | Cocke & Haywood | Waterville |
139 | Bearwallow Mountain | 356 | 4,232' | 1,354' | Henderson | Bat Cave |
140 | Thompson Knob | 374 | 4,192' | 332' | Buncombe & Haywood | Canton |
141 | Canadian Top | 404 | 4,140' | 320' | Haywood | Cove Creek Gap |
142 | Noble, Mount | 422 | 4,066' | 526' | Swain | Smokemont |
143 | 4060 | 425 | 4,060' | 720' | Mitchell | Chestoa |
144 | Shuckstack | 444 | 4,020' | 360' | Swain | Fontana Dam |
145 | Sugarloaf Mountain | 471 | 3,965' | 1,745' | Henderson & Rutherford | Bat Cave |