25 Tallest Mountains in the Applachians

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1. Mount Mitchell
2. Mount Craig
3. Clingman’s Dome
4. Mount Guyot
5. Balsam Cone
6. Cattail Peak
7. Mount LeConte
8. Mount Buckley
9. Mount Gibbes
10. Big Tom
11. Clingmans Peak
12. Potato Hill
13. Mount Love
14. Mount Chapman
15. Richland Balsam
16. Potato Knob
17. Old Black
18. Blackstock Knob
19. Celo Knob
20. Mount Hallback
21. Waterrock Knob
22. Mount Washington
23. Roan High Knob
24. Browning Knob
25. Luftee Knob

Mount Mitchell

Mt. Mitchell.

Elevation: 6,684 feet
Range: Blue Ridge Mountains
Rank: 1st tallest in North Carolina
Prominence: 6,089 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Mount Craig

Mt. Craig seen from Mt. Mitchell.

Elevation: 6,647 feet
Range: Blue Ridge Mountains
Rank: 2nd tallest in North Carolina
Prominence: 287 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Clingmans Dome

Clingman’s Dome observation tower.

Elevation: 6,643 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 1st tallest in Tennessee, 3rd in North Carolina
Prominence: 4,513 feet
Location: Sevier County, Tennessee, Swain County, North Carolina

Mount Guyot

Mt. Guyot.

Elevation: 6,621 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 4th in North Carolina, 2nd in Tennessee
Prominence: 1,581 feet
Location: Haywood County, North Carolina, Sevier County, Tennessee

Balsam Cone

Balsam Cone is the mountain in the front.

Elevation: 6,611 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 5th in North Carolina
Prominence: 171 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Cattail Peak

Cattail Peak is named after the mountain lions who used to be regularly seen on the mountain.

Elevation: 6,600 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 6th in North Carolina
Prominence: 120 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Mount LeConte

Mt. LeConte is the only peak over 6,000 feet fully inside Tennessee.

Elevation: 6,593 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 3rd in Tennessee 
Prominence: 1,360 feet
Location: Sevier County, Tennessee

Mount Buckley

Mt. Buckley.

Elevation: 6,580 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 4th in Tennessee, 7th in North Carolina
Prominence: 60 feet
Location: Sevier County, Tennessee, Swain County, North Carolina

Mount Gibbes 

Mt. Gibbes seen from Balsam Cone.

Elevation: 6,571 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 8th in North Carolina
Prominence: 111 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Big Tom 

Big Tom.

Elevation: 6,560 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 9th in North Carolina
Prominence: 500 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Clingmans Peak

Clingmans Peak.

Elevation: 6,557 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 10th in North Carolina
Prominence: 497 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Potato Hill 

Potato Hill seen from Cattail Peak.

Elevation: 6,475 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 11th in North Carolina
Prominence: 80 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Mount Love

Mt. Love seen from the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Elevation: 6,446 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 5th in Tennessee, 12th in North Carolina
Prominence: 106 feet
Location: Sevier County, Tennessee, Swain County, North Carolina

Mount Chapman

Mt. Chapman with Mt. Guyot in the background.

Elevation: 6,417 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 6th in Tennessee, 13th in North Carolina
Prominence: 577 feet
Location: Sevier County, Tennessee, Swain County, North Carolina

Richland Balsam

Richland Balsam.

Elevation: 6,410 feet
Range: Great Balsam Mountains
Rank: 14th in North Carolina
Prominence: 1,000 feet
Location: Haywood County, North Carolina

Potato Knob

Potato Knob seen from Mt. Mitchell State Park.

Elevation: 6,400 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 15th in North Carolina
Prominence: 40 feet
Location: Buncombe and Yancey Counties, North Carolina

Old Black

Old Black seen from the town of Black Mountain, North Carolina.

Elevation: 6,370 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 7th in Tennessee, 16th in North Carolina
Prominence: 170 feet
Location: Sevier and Cocke Counties, Tennessee, Haywood County, North Carolina

Blackstock Knob

Blackstock Knob.

Elevation: 6,359 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 17th in North Carolina
Prominence: 480 feet
Location: Buncombe and Yancey Counties, North Carolina

Celo Knob

Celo Knob seen from Linville Gorge.

Elevation: 6,327 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 18th in North Carolina
Prominence: 647 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Mount Hallback

Mt. Hallback.

Elevation: 6,320 feet
Range: Black Mountains
Rank: 19th in North Carolina
Prominence: 200 feet
Location: Yancey County, North Carolina

Waterrock Knob

Waterrock Knob seen from Browning Knob.

Elevation: 6,292 feet
Range: Plott Balsams
Rank: 20th in North Carolina
Prominence: 1,947 feet
Location: Haywood and Jackson Counties, North Carolina

Mount Washington

Mt. Washington, the highest point in New Hampshire, and in New England.

Elevation: 6,288 feet
Range: White Mountains
Rank: 1st in New Hampshire
Prominence: 6,148 feet
Location: Coos County, New Hampshire

Roan High Knob

Roan High Knob seen from Round Bald.

Elevation: 6,285 feet
Range: Unaka Mountains
Rank: 21st in North Carolina
Prominence: 3,485 feet
Location: Mitchell County, North Carolina

Browning Knob

Browning Knob (center) Waterrock Knob (far right).

Elevation: 6,240 feet
Range: Plott Balsams
Rank: 22nd in North Carolina
Prominence: 160 feet
Location: Haywood and Jackson Counties, North Carolina

Luftee Knob

Luftee Knob.

Elevation: 6,234 feet
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Rank: 23rd in North Carolina
Prominence: 434 feet
Location: Haywood and Swain Counties, North Carolina

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