| # | Name | Rank | Elevation | Prominence | Counties | Quadrangle |
| 1 | Craig, Mount | 2 | 6,660' | 320' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 2 | Guyot, Mount | 4 | 6,621' | 1,601' | Haywood & Sevier | Mount Guyot |
| 3 | Balsam Cone | 5 | 6,620' | 400' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 4 | Chapman, Mount | 7 | 6,417' | 597' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 5 | Richland Balsam | 8 | 6,410' | 3,030' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 6 | Celo Knob | 10 | 6,327' | 627' | Yancey | Celo |
| 7 | Waterrock Knob | 11 | 6,292' | 1,947' | Haywood & Jackson | Sylva North |
| 8 | Luftee Knob | 14 | 6,234' | 334' | Haywood & Swain | Luftee Knob |
| 9 | Black Balsam Knob | 16 | 6,214' | 994' | Haywood | Shining Rock |
| 10 | Winter Star Mountain | 17 | 6,203' | 303' | Yancey | Celo |
| 11 | Grassy Ridge Bald | 19 | 6,180' | 668' | Avery & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
| 12 | Big Cataloochee Mountain | 20 | 6,155' | 655' | Haywood | Luftee Knob |
| 13 | Craggy Dome | 22 | 6,100' | 1,040' | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 14 | Sam Knob | 24 | 6,060' | 400' | Haywood | Sam Knob |
| 15 | Grassy Cove Top | 25 | 6,060' | 360' | Haywood | Shining Rock |
| 16 | Yellow Face | 26 | 6,032' | 332' | Jackson | Sylva North |
| 17 | Cold Mountain | 27 | 6,030' | 1,010' | Haywood | Cruso |
| 18 | Cataloochee Balsam | 28 | 5,970' | 1,550' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 19 | Rough Butt Bald | 31 | 5,940' | 520' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 20 | Bullhead Mountain | 32 | 5,940' | 360' | Buncombe | Montreat |
| 21 | Laurel Top | 34 | 5,907' | 647' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 22 | Chiltoes Mountain | 35 | 5,900' | 320' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 23 | Eagle Rocks | 36 | 5,860' | 360' | Sevier & Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 24 | Sterling, Mount | 37 | 5,842' | 663' | Haywood | Cove Creek Gap |
| 25 | Steestachee Bald | 41 | 5,700' | 560' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
| 26 | Richland Mountain | 42 | 5,700' | 324' | Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 27 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
| 28 | Little Bald Knob | 44 | 5,660' | 532' | Haywood | Dellwood |
| 29 | Buck Knob | 45 | 5,620' | 440' | Haywood | Bunches Bald |
| 30 | Brown Lead | 46 | 5,620' | 320' | Haywood | Bunches Bald |
| 31 | Snake Mountain | 47 | 5,597' | 2,286' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 32 | Rich Mountain Bald | 49 | 5,583' | 363' | Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 33 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
| 34 | Laurel Patch Bald | 51 | 5,580' | 320' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
| 35 | Elk Knob | 52 | 5,558' | 1,071' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 36 | Hemphill Bald | 53 | 5,540' | 360' | Haywood | Dellwood |
| 37 | Thunderhead Mountain | 54 | 5,527' | 1,107' | Blount & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
| 38 | Whim Knob | 57 | 5,501' | 361' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 39 | Beech Mountain | 58 | 5,500' | 1,480' | Avery | Elk Park |
| 40 | Bunches Bald | 59 | 5,500' | 1,004' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 41 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
| 42 | Doubletop Mountain | 61 | 5,481' | 941' | Jackson | Hazelwood |
| 43 | Snaggy Bald | 62 | 5,471' | 611' | Jackson | Tuckasegee |
| 44 | Blockhouse Mountain | 63 | 5,470' | 610' | Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
| 45 | Wine Spring Bald | 64 | 5,460' | 1,722' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
| 46 | Ogle Ridge | 65 | 5,460' | 1,200' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
| 47 | Breakneck Ridge | 66 | 5,460' | 560' | Swain | Mount Guyot |
| 48 | Walker Bald | 69 | 5,420' | 680' | Haywood | Dellwood |
| 49 | LR 548 Benchmark | 70 | 5,401' | 341' | Haywood | Hazelwood |
| 50 | Snowball Mountain | 72 | 5,380' | 480' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 51 | Graybeard Mountain | 73 | 5,380' | 360' | Buncombe & McDowell | Montreat |
| 52 | Rich Mountain Bald | 74 | 5,372' | 952' | Watauga | Zionville |
| 53 | Crabtree Bald | 75 | 5,340' | 2,720' | Haywood | Fines Creek |
| 54 | Rocky Bald | 76 | 5,340' | 440' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
| 55 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 56 | Moody Top | 78 | 5,320' | 340' | Haywood | Dellwood |
| 57 | Little Bald Mountain | 80 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
| 58 | Big Bald | 81 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 59 | Tusquitee Bald | 83 | 5,260' | 1,734' | Clay | Topton |
| 60 | Yellow Bald | 84 | 5,260' | 1,040' | Macon | Prentiss |
| 61 | Copper Ridge Bald | 85 | 5,256' | 1,036' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
| 62 | Lane Pinnacle | 87 | 5,230' | 610' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
| 63 | Hanging Rock | 88 | 5,220' | 1,120' | Avery & Watauga | Valle Crucis |
| 64 | Siler Bald | 89 | 5,220' | 1,080' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
| 65 | Cold Spring Knob | 91 | 5,220' | 360' | Sevier & Swain | Silers Bald |
| 66 | Potato Hill Bald | 93 | 5,219' | 319' | Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 67 | Brier Knob | 94 | 5,215' | 355' | Blount & Swain | Thunderhead Mountain |
| 68 | Peak, The | 95 | 5,195' | 895' | Ashe | Baldwin Gap |