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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

Highest mountains

The following sortable table lists the 20 highest

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of North Carolina with at least of

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.North Carolina 5000-foot Peaks
Peakbagger.com Retrieved 20 August 2016. Listings found elsewhere may not necessarily agree because they do not include each of these mountains. Clingmans Dome observation tower TN1

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Cold Mountain from Haywood-Jackson Overlook, Oct 2016 2

Grandfather Mountain peaks from Half Moon Overlook, Oct 2016

Adams Mountain Adams Mountain (variant name: Adams Knob) is a mountain near the unincorporated community of Collettsville, North Carolina. It is situated wholly within Pisgah National Forest. It reaches and is nearby Brown Mountain Ridge, which is known for it ...

* Albert Mountain *

Andrews Bald Andrews Bald is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. It has an elevation of above sea level, making it the highest grassy bald in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The mountain is one of two ...

Bear's Paw Hanging Rock, also known as Bear's Paw (Yonah‑wayah in Cherokee), is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, next to the town of Seven Devils. It is along the Avery and Watauga border. Its elevation reaches . The mountain genera ...

Beaucatcher Mountain Beaucatcher Mountain is located in a portion of the Appalachian Mountain Range known as the Great Craggy Mountains, in Asheville, North Carolina. Its name was said to have been coined in the mid-1800s by James W. Patton, who once teased his siste ...

* Bee Mountain *

Beech Mountain Beech Mountain is a town in both Avery and Watauga counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 320. The town is located atop Beech Mountain and is the highest town east of the Rocky Mountain ...

* Big Butt Mountain * Big Yellow Mountain * Black Mountains * Bluerock Mountain * Bob Stratton Bald * Brier Knob * Brown Mountain * Brushy Mountains *

Chestnut Mountain (Caldwell County, North Carolina) Chestnut Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina Western North Carolina, High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 3,314 feet (1,010 m) and it also marks the corner between Avery County, North Carolina, Av ...

Chestnut Mountain (Transylvania County, North Carolina) Chestnut Mountain is a mountain near the city of Brevard, North Carolina. It reaches an elevation of 3,012 feet (918 m). The mountain generates feeder streams for the French Broad River. References

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Crowders Mountain Crowders Mountain is one of two main peaks within Crowders Mountain State Park, the other peak being The Pinnacle. The park is located in the western Piedmont of North Carolina between the cities of Kings Mountain and Gastonia or about west ...

* Cold Mountain *

Crowder's Mountain Crowders Mountain is one of two main peaks within Crowders Mountain State Park, the other peak being The Pinnacle. The park is located in the western Piedmont of North Carolina between the cities of Kings Mountain and Gastonia or about west ...

* Devil's Courthouse * Eaglenest Mountain * Flattop Mountain * Grandfather Mountain * Grandmother Mountain * Great Craggy Mountains *

Great Smoky Mountains The Great Smoky Mountains (, ''Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv'') are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge ...

Gregory Bald Gregory Bald is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains. It has an elevation of 4,949 feet (1,508 meters) above sea level. The mountain's majestic summit makes it a popular hiking destination. Another feature that attracts many visitors are the ...

* Hanging Rock *

Hanging Rock State Park Hanging Rock State Park is a North Carolina state park in Stokes County, North Carolina in the United States. The park is north of Winston-Salem and is located approximately from Danbury in Stokes County. History On April 20, 1936, the ''W ...

Hibriten Mountain Hibriten Mountain, located just east of Lenoir, North Carolina, marks the western end of the Brushy Mountains range. At 2,211 feet, the mountain's summit is nearly 1,000 feet above the surrounding terrain. The summit is well known to the locals ...

* Humpback Mountain * King's Pinnacle * Little Yellow Mountain * Looking Glass Rock * Max Patch * Morrow Mountain * Moore's Knob * Mount Hardison * Mount Jefferson * Mount Pisgah * North Eaglenest Mountain * Occoneechee Mountain * Old Butt Knob * Peak Mountain * Pilot Mountain * Pixie Mountain * Rich Mountain * Rich Mountain Bald *

Saura Mountains The Sauratown Mountains, which are sometimes called "the mountains away from the mountains", are an isolated mountain range located within Stokes and Surry counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The vast majority of the range is located i ...

* Scaly Mountain * Shining Rock * Shuckstack * Silers Bald * Snake Mountain * Standing Indian Mountain *

Stone Mountain Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome Inselberg, monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park, east of Atlanta, Georgia. Outside the park is the small city of Stone Mountain, Georgia. The park is the most visited tourist site in the state o ...

* Sugar Mountain * Tanasee Bald *

Three Top Mountain 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or III may also refer to: * AD 3, the third year of the AD era * 3 BC, the third year before the AD era * March, the third month Books * '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...

Thunderhead Mountain Thunderhead Mountain is a mountain in the west-central part of the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. Rising along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina, the mountain dominates the Western Smokies. The A ...

Tricorner Knob Tricorner Knob is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. It has an elevation of 6,120 feet (1,865 m), with 160 feet (48 m) of clean prominence. The Appalachian and Balsam Mountain trails intersect ne ...

Unicoi Mountains The Unicoi Mountains are a mountain range rising along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Mountain Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The Unicois are ...

Uwharrie Mountains The Uwharrie Mountains ()
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Whiteside Mountain * Wayah Bald * Woody's Knob

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