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Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet

Showing Matthew Poirier's first ascent dates for climbed peaks

Rank	County	Peak	Elev-Ft	Range (Level 4)	Ascent Date
1.	NC-Yancey	Mount Mitchell	6684	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
2.	NC-Swain	Clingmans Dome	6643	Great Smoky Mountains
2.	TN-Sevier	Clingmans Dome	6643	Great Smoky Mountains
4.	NC-Haywood	Mount Guyot	6621	Great Smoky Mountains
5.	NC-Jackson	Richland Balsam	6410	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
6.	NC-Buncombe	Potato Knob	6400	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
7.	TN-Cocke	Old Black	6370	Great Smoky Mountains
8.	NH-Coös	Mount Washington	6288	White Mountains	2008-08-16
9.	NC-Mitchell	Roan High Knob	6285	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
9.	TN-Carter	Roan High Knob	6285	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
11.	NC-Avery	Grassy Ridge Bald	6160	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
12.	NC-Transylvania	Chestnut Bald	6000	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
13.	NC-Caldwell	Grandfather Mountain	5946	Southern Blue Ridge Front
13.	NC-Watauga	Grandfather Mountain	5946	Southern Blue Ridge Front
15.	VA-Grayson	Mount Rogers	5729	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
15.	VA-Smyth	Mount Rogers	5729	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
17.	NC-McDowell	The Pinnacle	5665	Southern Blue Ridge Front
18.	NC-Graham	Huckleberry Knob	5560	Southern Blue Ridge Front
19.	TN-Blount	Thunderhead Mountain	5527	Great Smoky Mountains
20.	VA-Washington	Whitetop Mountain	5520	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
21.	TN-Johnson	Snake Mountain-North Peak	5518	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
22.	TN-Unicoi	Big Bald	5516	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
23.	NC-Clay	Standing Indian	5499	Southern Blue Ridge Front
23.	NC-Macon	Standing Indian	5499	Southern Blue Ridge Front
25.	TN-Monroe	Haw Knob	5472	Southern Blue Ridge Front
26.	NY-Essex	Mount Marcy	5344	Adirondack Mountains
27.	NC-Henderson	Little Pisgah Mountain	5280	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
28.	ME-Piscataquis	Katahdin	5268	Longfellow Mountains	2012-10-13
29.	NH-Grafton	Mount Lafayette	5240	White Mountains	2009-06-30
30.	NC-Ashe	The Peak	5160	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
31.	NC-Madison	Sandymush Bald	5152	Central Blue Ridge Ranges
32.	NC-Cherokee	Laurel Top-Southwest Ridge	5040	Southern Blue Ridge Front
33.	WV-Pendleton	Spruce Knob	4861	Allegheny Mountains
34.	TN-Greene	Gravel Knob	4852	Western Blue Ridge Ranges
35.	WV-Pocahontas	Thorny Flat	4848	Allegheny Mountains
36.	GA-Towns	Brasstown Bald	4784	Southern Blue Ridge Front
36.	GA-Union	Brasstown Bald	4784	Southern Blue Ridge Front
38.	WV-Randolph	Mount Porte Crayon	4770	Allegheny Mountains
39.	VA-Tazewell	Balsam Beartown Mountain	4710	Southern Appalachian Ridges
40.	GA-Rabun	Rabun Bald	4696	Southern Blue Ridge Front
41.	VA-Russell	Beartown Mountain	4689	Southern Appalachian Ridges
42.	VA-Highland	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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