# |
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 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
29 | Big Butt | 30 | 5,940' | 720' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
30 | Bullhead Mountain | 32 | 5,940' | 360' | Buncombe | Montreat |
31 | Sterling, Mount | 37 | 5,842' | 663' | Haywood | Cove Creek Gap |
32 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
33 | Point Misery | 39 | 5,715' | 375' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
34 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
35 | Snake Mountain | 47 | 5,597' | 2,286' | Watauga | Zionville |
36 | Hump Mountain | 48 | 5,587' | 927' | Avery | White Rocks Mountain |
37 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
38 | Elk Knob | 52 | 5,558' | 1,071' | Watauga | Zionville |
39 | Hemphill Bald | 53 | 5,540' | 360' | Haywood | Dellwood |
40 | Big Bald | 55 | 5,516' | 2,576' | Unicoi & Yancey | Bald Creek |
41 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
42 | Wine Spring Bald | 64 | 5,460' | 1,722' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
43 | Big Yellow Mountain | 67 | 5,460' | 480' | Avery | Carvers Gap |
44 | Snowball Mountain | 72 | 5,380' | 480' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
45 | Graybeard Mountain | 73 | 5,380' | 360' | Buncombe & McDowell | Montreat |
46 | Rich Mountain Bald | 74 | 5,372' | 952' | Watauga | Zionville |
47 | Crabtree Bald | 75 | 5,340' | 2,720' | Haywood | Fines Creek |
48 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
49 | Big Bald | 79 | 5,307' | 1,167' | Avery & Mitchell | Spruce Pine |
50 | Little Bald Mountain | 80 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
51 | Big Bald | 81 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
52 | High Top | 82 | 5,263' | 403' | Haywood | Waynesville |
53 | Tusquitee Bald | 83 | 5,260' | 1,734' | Clay | Topton |
54 | Copper Ridge Bald | 85 | 5,256' | 1,036' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
55 | Haoe Benchmark | 86 | 5,249' | 389' | Graham | Tapoco |
56 | Lane Pinnacle | 87 | 5,230' | 610' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
57 | Hanging Rock | 88 | 5,220' | 1,120' | Avery & Watauga | Valle Crucis |
58 | Siler Bald | 89 | 5,220' | 1,080' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
59 | Little Bald | 92 | 5,220' | 320' | Unicoi & Yancey | Chestoa |
60 | Peak, The | 95 | 5,195' | 895' | Ashe | Baldwin Gap |
61 | Unaka Mountain | 96 | 5,190' | 1,450' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Unicoi |
62 | Sandymush Bald | 104 | 5,152' | 492' | Buncombe & Madison | Fines Creek |
63 | Yellow Mountain | 106 | 5,127' | 1,547' | Jackson & Macon | Glenville |
64 | Bluff Mountain | 108 | 5,100' | 1,640' | Ashe | Warrensville |
65 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
66 | Pilot Mountain | 110 | 5,100' | 560' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
67 | Bearwallow Knob | 113 | 5,085' | 305' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
68 | Cheoah Bald | 115 | 5,062' | 2,362' | Graham & Swain | Hewitt |
69 | Green Knob | 121 | 5,056' | 516' | Haywood & Transylvania | Shining Rock |
70 | Three Top Mountain | 123 | 5,048' | 1,319' | Ashe | Warrensville |
71 | Cammerer Ridge | 124 | 5,042' | 800' | Cocke & Haywood | Hartford |
72 | Shortoff Mountain | 125 | 5,020' | 920' | Macon | Highlands |
73 | Stone Mountain | 131 | 4,980' | 1,360' | Ashe & Johnson | Grayson |
74 | Pond Mountain | 133 | 4,980' | 400' | Ashe | Grayson |
75 | Cowee Bald | 137 | 4,944' | 1,684' | Jackson & Macon | Greens Creek |
76 | Sassafras Knob | 143 | 4,940' | 360' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
77 | Pine Orchard Knob | 150 | 4,900' | 360' | Watauga | Zionville |
78 | Spear Tops | 153 | 4,860' | 360' | Avery & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
79 | Green Ridge Knob | 154 | 4,852' | 1,758' | Madison | Flag Pond |
80 | Gravel Knob | 155 | 4,851' | 396' | Greene & Madison | Greystone |
81 | Camp Creek Bald | 157 | 4,842' | 732' | Greene & Madison | Greystone |
82 | Chestnut Ridge | 162 | 4,820' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Shining Rock |
83 | Teyahalee Bald | 188 | 4,716' | 1,341' | Cherokee & Graham | Robbinsville |
84 | Bluff Mountain | 194 | 4,686' | 1,146' | Madison | Lemon Gap |
85 | Barnett Knob | 196 | 4,665' | 516' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
86 | Jefferson, Mount | 198 | 4,660' | 1,560' | Ashe | Jefferson |
87 | Max Patch Mountain | 210 | 4,629' | 849' | Madison | Lemon Gap |
88 | Wesser Bald | 211 | 4,627' | 767' | Macon | Wesser |
89 | Flat Top Mountain | 237 | 4,558' | 1,098' | Watauga | Boone |
90 | 4530 | 251 | 4,530' | 430' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Huntdale |
91 | Chambers Mountain | 252 | 4,509' | 809' | Haywood | Clyde |
92 | Blackrock Mountain | 260 | 4,500' | 440' | Jackson | Big Ridge |
93 | 4460 | 272 | 4,460' | 360' | Madison & Unicoi | Sams Gap |
94 | Little Pisgah Mountain | 294 | 4,412' | 1,752' | Buncombe & Henderson | Black Mountain |
95 | High Windy | 296 | 4,380' | 1,480' | Buncombe | Black Mountain |
96 | Rich Mountain | 304 | 4,380' | 560' | Watauga | Boone |
97 | Walnut Mountain | 328 | 4,300' | 600' | Cocke & Madison | Lemon Gap |
98 | High Rocks | 330 | 4,300' | 440' | Yancey | Chestoa |
99 | Black Mountain | 336 | 4,285' | 1,025' | Transylvania | Pisgah Forest |
100 | Bearwallow Mountain | 356 | 4,232' | 1,354' | Henderson | Bat Cave |
101 | Big Peachtree Bald | 376 | 4,186' | 461' | Cherokee & Clay | Andrews |
102 | Catherine Knob | 390 | 4,175' | 1,155' | Alleghany | Whitehead |
103 | Gingercake Mountain | 399 | 4,140' | 440' | Burke | Linville Falls |
104 | Thomkins Knob | 411 | 4,100' | 960' | Ashe, Watauga, & Wilkes | Maple Springs |
105 | Rich Mountain | 415 | 4,100' | 560' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
106 | Ferrin Knob | 423 | 4,064' | 484' | Buncombe & Henderson | Dunsmore Mountain |
107 | Cedar Rock Mountain | 436 | 4,056' | 836' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
108 | Hawksbill Mountain | 442 | 4,020' | 520' | Burke | Linville Falls |
109 | Shuckstack | 444 | 4,020' | 360' | Swain | Fontana Dam |
110 | 4020 | 445 | 4,020' | 320' | Buncombe & McDowell | Montreat |
111 | Looking Glass Rock | 470 | 3,969' | 869' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
112 | Sugarloaf Mountain | 471 | 3,965' | 1,745' | Henderson & Rutherford | Bat Cave |
113 | Table Rock Mountain | 475 | 3,940' | 1,040' | Burke | Linville Falls |
114 | Harmon Den Mountain | 496 | 3,900' | 400' | Haywood | Waterville |
115 | Chestnut Knob | 506 | 3,860' | 520' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
116 | 3730 | 580 | 3,730' | 510' | Ashe & Wilkes | Glendale Springs |
117 | Chestnut Mountain | 592 | 3,700' | 400' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
118 | Rich Mountain | 606 | 3,670' | 730' | Greene & Madison | Hot Springs |
119 | Woods Mountain | 608 | 3,660' | 720' | McDowell | Little Switzerland |
120 | Fisher Peak | 640 | 3,590' | 920' | Surry | Lambsburg |
121 | Sassafras Mountain | 660 | 3,552' | 766' | Pickens & Transylvania | Eastatoe Gap |
122 | Sharpy Mountain | 767 | 3,340' | 360' | Transylvania | Pisgah Forest |
123 | Kitsuma Peak | 822 | 3,195' | 335' | McDowell | Black Mountain |
124 | 3161 | 833 | 3,161' | 652' | Burke | Ashford |
125 | Shut-in Ridge | 853 | 3,140' | 320' | Transylvania | Pisgah Forest |
126 | Benn Knob | 941 | 2,900' | 440' | Burke & Cleveland | Benn Knob |