# |
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 | Cataloochee Balsam | 28 | 5,970' | 1,550' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
29 | Grandfather Mountain | 29 | 5,964' | 2,464' | Avery, Caldwell, & Watauga | Grandfather Mountain |
30 | Big Butt | 30 | 5,940' | 720' | Buncombe & Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
31 | Rough Butt Bald | 31 | 5,940' | 520' | Haywood & Jackson | Sam Knob |
32 | Bullhead Mountain | 32 | 5,940' | 360' | Buncombe | Montreat |
33 | Cold Spring Knob | 33 | 5,940' | 320' | Haywood | Waynesville |
34 | Chiltoes Mountain | 35 | 5,900' | 320' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
35 | Sterling, Mount | 37 | 5,842' | 663' | Haywood | Cove Creek Gap |
36 | Pisgah, Mount | 38 | 5,721' | 1,381' | Buncombe & Haywood | Cruso |
37 | Point Misery | 39 | 5,715' | 375' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
38 | Lickstone Bald | 40 | 5,700' | 806' | Haywood | Waynesville |
39 | Steestachee Bald | 41 | 5,700' | 560' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
40 | Richland Mountain | 42 | 5,700' | 324' | Swain | Mount Guyot |
41 | Pinnacle | 43 | 5,665' | 485' | Buncombe, McDowell, & Yancey | Montreat |
42 | Little Bald Knob | 44 | 5,660' | 532' | Haywood | Dellwood |
43 | Buck Knob | 45 | 5,620' | 440' | Haywood | Bunches Bald |
44 | Brown Lead | 46 | 5,620' | 320' | Haywood | Bunches Bald |
45 | Snake Mountain | 47 | 5,597' | 2,286' | Watauga | Zionville |
46 | Hump Mountain | 48 | 5,587' | 927' | Avery | White Rocks Mountain |
47 | Rich Mountain Bald | 49 | 5,583' | 363' | Jackson | Sam Knob |
48 | Huckleberry Knob | 50 | 5,580' | 3,440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
49 | Laurel Patch Bald | 51 | 5,580' | 320' | Haywood & Jackson | Hazelwood |
50 | Elk Knob | 52 | 5,558' | 1,071' | Watauga | Zionville |
51 | Hemphill Bald | 53 | 5,540' | 360' | Haywood | Dellwood |
52 | Big Bald | 55 | 5,516' | 2,576' | Unicoi & Yancey | Bald Creek |
53 | Little Yellow Mountain | 56 | 5,504' | 651' | Avery & Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
54 | Whim Knob | 57 | 5,501' | 361' | Haywood & Swain | Bunches Bald |
55 | Bunches Bald | 59 | 5,500' | 1,004' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
56 | Standing Indian Benchmark | 60 | 5,499' | 2,839' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
57 | Doubletop Mountain | 61 | 5,481' | 941' | Jackson | Hazelwood |
58 | Snaggy Bald | 62 | 5,471' | 611' | Jackson | Tuckasegee |
59 | Wine Spring Bald | 64 | 5,460' | 1,722' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
60 | Ogle Ridge | 65 | 5,460' | 1,200' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
61 | Big Yellow Mountain | 67 | 5,460' | 480' | Avery | Carvers Gap |
62 | Hawk Mountain | 68 | 5,460' | 320' | Mitchell | Carvers Gap |
63 | Walker Bald | 69 | 5,420' | 680' | Haywood | Dellwood |
64 | LR 548 Benchmark | 70 | 5,401' | 341' | Haywood | Hazelwood |
65 | Stratton Bald | 71 | 5,380' | 1,080' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
66 | Snowball Mountain | 72 | 5,380' | 480' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
67 | Graybeard Mountain | 73 | 5,380' | 360' | Buncombe & McDowell | Montreat |
68 | Rich Mountain Bald | 74 | 5,372' | 952' | Watauga | Zionville |
69 | Crabtree Bald | 75 | 5,340' | 2,720' | Haywood | Fines Creek |
70 | Rocky Bald | 76 | 5,340' | 440' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
71 | Fryingpan Mountain | 77 | 5,340' | 400' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
72 | Moody Top | 78 | 5,320' | 340' | Haywood | Dellwood |
73 | Big Bald | 79 | 5,307' | 1,167' | Avery & Mitchell | Spruce Pine |
74 | Little Bald Mountain | 80 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Dunsmore Mountain |
75 | Big Bald | 81 | 5,300' | 360' | Haywood & Transylvania | Cruso |
76 | High Top | 82 | 5,263' | 403' | Haywood | Waynesville |
77 | Tusquitee Bald | 83 | 5,260' | 1,734' | Clay | Topton |
78 | Yellow Bald | 84 | 5,260' | 1,040' | Macon | Prentiss |
79 | Copper Ridge Bald | 85 | 5,256' | 1,036' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
80 | Haoe Benchmark | 86 | 5,249' | 389' | Graham | Tapoco |
81 | Lane Pinnacle | 87 | 5,230' | 610' | Buncombe | Craggy Pinnacle |
82 | Hanging Rock | 88 | 5,220' | 1,120' | Avery & Watauga | Valle Crucis |
83 | Siler Bald | 89 | 5,220' | 1,080' | Macon | Wayah Bald |
84 | Sugar Mountain | 90 | 5,220' | 1,000' | Avery | Newland |
85 | Cold Spring Knob | 91 | 5,220' | 360' | Sevier & Swain | Silers Bald |
86 | Little Bald | 92 | 5,220' | 320' | Unicoi & Yancey | Chestoa |
87 | Potato Hill Bald | 93 | 5,219' | 319' | Swain | Bunches Bald |
88 | Peak, The | 95 | 5,195' | 895' | Ashe | Baldwin Gap |
89 | Unaka Mountain | 96 | 5,190' | 1,450' | Mitchell & Unicoi | Unicoi |
90 | Coward Bald | 99 | 5,187' | 327' | Jackson | Tuckasegee |
91 | Newton Bald | 100 | 5,180' | 600' | Swain | Smokemont |
92 | Nettle Creek Bald | 101 | 5,180' | 598' | Swain | Clingmans Dome |
93 | Cosby Knob | 102 | 5,180' | 486' | Cocke & Haywood | Luftee Knob |
94 | Queen Ridge | 103 | 5,180' | 440' | Graham | Santeetlah Creek |
95 | Sandymush Bald | 104 | 5,152' | 492' | Buncombe & Madison | Fines Creek |
96 | Indian Knob | 105 | 5,137' | 437' | Haywood | Luftee Knob |
97 | Yellow Mountain | 106 | 5,127' | 1,547' | Jackson & Macon | Glenville |
98 | Rich Benchmark | 107 | 5,106' | 526' | Jackson | Tuckasegee |
99 | Bluff Mountain | 108 | 5,100' | 1,640' | Ashe | Warrensville |
100 | Green Knob | 109 | 5,100' | 800' | McDowell & Yancey | Old Fort |
101 | Pilot Mountain | 110 | 5,100' | 560' | Transylvania | Shining Rock |
102 | Big Butt | 111 | 5,100' | 360' | Macon | Prentiss |
103 | Purchase Knob | 112 | 5,086' | 346' | Haywood | Dellwood |
104 | Bearwallow Knob | 113 | 5,085' | 305' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
105 | North Eaglenest Mountain | 114 | 5,071' | 531' | Haywood | Dellwood |
106 | Cheoah Bald | 115 | 5,062' | 2,362' | Graham & Swain | Hewitt |
107 | Ridgepole Mountain | 116 | 5,060' | 760' | Macon | Prentiss |
108 | Little Bald Knob | 117 | 5,060' | 640' | Clay & Macon | Hightower Bald |
109 | Perry Top | 119 | 5,060' | 360' | Jackson | Sylva North |
110 | Big Scaly | 120 | 5,060' | 320' | Clay | Rainbow Springs |
111 | Green Knob | 121 | 5,056' | 516' | Haywood & Transylvania | Shining Rock |
112 | Becks Bald | 122 | 5,053' | 393' | Swain | Smokemont |
113 | Three Top Mountain | 123 | 5,048' | 1,319' | Ashe | Warrensville |
114 | Cammerer Ridge | 124 | 5,042' | 800' | Cocke & Haywood | Hartford |
115 | Shortoff Mountain | 125 | 5,020' | 920' | Macon | Highlands |
116 | Yellow Mountain | 126 | 5,020' | 680' | Clay & Macon | Rainbow Springs |
117 | Hyatt Ridge | 127 | 5,020' | 600' | Swain | Bunches Bald |
118 | Blue Knob | 128 | 5,020' | 600' | Yancey | Mount Mitchell |
119 | Boteler Peak | 129 | 5,010' | 1,350' | Clay | Shooting Creek |
120 | Cowee Bald | 137 | 4,944' | 1,684' | Jackson & Macon | Greens Creek |
121 | Camp Creek Bald | 157 | 4,842' | 732' | Greene & Madison | Greystone |
122 | Teyahalee Bald | 188 | 4,716' | 1,341' | Cherokee & Graham | Robbinsville |
123 | Barnett Knob | 196 | 4,665' | 516' | Jackson & Swain | Bunches Bald |
124 | Wesser Bald | 211 | 4,627' | 767' | Macon | Wesser |
125 | Flat Top Mountain | 237 | 4,558' | 1,098' | Watauga | Boone |
126 | Chambers Mountain | 252 | 4,509' | 809' | Haywood | Clyde |
127 | Bearwallow Mountain | 356 | 4,232' | 1,354' | Henderson | Bat Cave |
128 | Shuckstack | 444 | 4,020' | 360' | Swain | Fontana Dam |