| # | Name | Rank | Elevation | Prominence | Counties | Quadrangle |
| 1 | Mitchell, Mount | 1 | 6,684' | 6,090' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 2 | Clingmans Dome | 3 | 6,645' | 4,512' | Sevier & Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 3 | Collins, Mount | 18 | 6,198' | 475' | Sevier & Swain | Clingmans Dome |
| 4 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
| 5 | Sassafras Mountain | 660 | 3,552' | 766' | Pickens & Transylvania | Eastatoe Gap |