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Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet

Rank	County	State	Peak Name	Elev-Ft	Range Name
1.	Yancey	North Carolina	Mount Mitchell	6684	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
2.	Sevier	Tennessee	Clingmans Dome	6643	Great Smoky Mountains
2.	Swain	North Carolina	Clingmans Dome	6643	Great Smoky Mountains
4.	Haywood	North Carolina	Mount Guyot	6621	Great Smoky Mountains
5.	Jackson	North Carolina	Richland Balsam	6410	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
6.	Buncombe	North Carolina	Potato Knob	6400+	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
7.	Cocke	Tennessee	Old Black	6370	Great Smoky Mountains
8.	Coos	New Hampshire	Mount Washington	6288	White Mountains
9.	Carter	Tennessee	Roan High Knob	6285	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
9.	Mitchell	North Carolina	Roan High Knob	6285	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
11.	Avery	North Carolina	Grassy Ridge Bald	6160+	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
12.	Transylvania	North Carolina	Chestnut Bald	6000+	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
13.	Caldwell	North Carolina	Grandfather Mountain	5920+	Southern Blue Ridge Front
13.	Watauga	North Carolina	Grandfather Mountain	5920+	Southern Blue Ridge Front
15.	Grayson	Virginia	Mount Rogers	5729	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
15.	Smyth	Virginia	Mount Rogers	5729	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
17.	McDowell	North Carolina	The Pinnacle	5665	Southern Blue Ridge Front
18.	Graham	North Carolina	Huckleberry Knob	5560+	Southern Blue Ridge Front
19.	Blount	Tennessee	Thunderhead Mountain	5527	Great Smoky Mountains
20.	Washington	Virginia	Whitetop Mountain	5520+	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
21.	Johnson	Tennessee	Snake Mountain-North Peak	5518	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
22.	Unicoi	Tennessee	Big Bald	5516	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
23.	Clay	North Carolina	Standing Indian	5499	Southern Blue Ridge Front
23.	Macon	North Carolina	Standing Indian	5499	Southern Blue Ridge Front
25.	Monroe	Tennessee	Haw Knob	5472	Southern Blue Ridge Front
26.	Essex	New York	Mount Marcy	5344	Adirondack Mountains
27.	Henderson	North Carolina	Little Pisgah Mountain	5280+	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
28.	Piscataquis	Maine	Katahdin	5268	Longfellow Mountains
29.	Grafton	New Hampshire	Mount Lafayette	5240+	White Mountains
30.	Ashe	North Carolina	The Peak	5160+	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
31.	Madison	North Carolina	Sandymush Bald	5152	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
32.	Cherokee	North Carolina	Laurel Top-Southwest Ridge	5040+	Southern Blue Ridge Front
33.	Pendleton	West Virginia	Spruce Knob	4861	Allegheny Mountains
34.	Greene	Tennessee	Camp Creek Bald	4844	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
35.	Pocahontas	West Virginia	Bald Knob	4840+	Allegheny Mountains
36.	Towns	Georgia	Brasstown Bald	4783	Southern Blue Ridge Front
36.	Union	Georgia	Brasstown Bald	4783	Southern Blue Ridge Front
38.	Randolph	West Virginia	Mount Porte Crayon	4770	Allegheny Mountains
39.	Tazewell	Virginia	Balsam Beartown Mountain	4710	Southern Appalachian Ridges
40.	Rabun	Georgia	Rabun Bald	4696	Southern Blue Ridge Front
41.	Russell	Virginia	Beartown Mountain	4689	Southern Appalachian Ridges
42.	Highland	Virginia	Little Ridge	4546	Central Appalachian Ridges

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List Description

List Info

This list shows all the peaks that are over 4,500 feet high and also the highest point in a county (or equivalent) east of the Missisppi River in the United States. It is interesting to note that Mount Mitchell gives Yancey County a national rank of #315 out of the 3141 counties. This means that almost exactly 10% of U.S. counties are higher than the highest one in the east. Mount Washington would rank Coos County #335.

Acknowledgements

Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 1994 by Carl Mills, Fred Lobdell, Michael Kornbau, and Andy Martin.

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