| # | 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 | Richland Balsam | 8 | 6,410' | 3,030' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
| 4 | Waterrock Knob | 11 | 6,292' | 1,947' | Haywood & Jackson | Sylva North |
| 5 | Black Balsam Knob | 16 | 6,214' | 994' | Haywood | Shining Rock |
| 6 | Grassy Cove Top | 25 | 6,060' | 360' | Haywood | Shining Rock |
| 7 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
| 8 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
| 9 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
| 10 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
| 11 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
| 12 | Chestnut Ridge | 162 | 4,820' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Shining Rock |
| 13 | Barnett Knob | 196 | 4,665' | 516' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
| 14 | Grandmother Mountain | 200 | 4,660' | 600' | Avery | Grandfather Mountain |
| 15 | Humpback Mountain | 340 | 4,260' | 920' | Avery | Linville Falls |
| 16 | Gingercake Mountain | 399 | 4,140' | 440' | Burke | Linville Falls |
| 17 | Three Knobs | 419 | 4,078' | 698' | McDowell & Yancey | Celo |