| # | 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 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
| 29 | Max Patch Mountain | 210 | 4,629' | 849' | Madison | Lemon Gap |
| 30 | Looking Glass Rock | 470 | 3,969' | 869' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
| 31 | Sassafras Mountain | 660 | 3,552' | 766' | Pickens & Transylvania | Eastatoe Gap |