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Southeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence

RankPeak Name Prom-Clean  Prom-Avg  Prom-Optim  Elev-Ft Range NameIsol-Mi
1.Mount Mitchell6089609160946684 Central Blue Ridge Ranges1189.0
2.Clingmans Dome4503451345236643 Great Smoky Mountains70.7
3.Roan High Knob3485350535256285 Western Blue Ridge Ranges18.8
4.Huckleberry Knob3400344034805560+Southern Blue Ridge Front29.4
5.Richland Balsam3010303030506410 Central Blue Ridge Ranges27.1
6.Apple Orchard Mountain2825283528454225 Northern Blue Ridge33.7
7.Standing Indian2819283928595499 Southern Blue Ridge Front32.5
8.Spruce Knob2781279128014861 Allegheny Mountains175.4
9.Crabtree Bald2680272027605320+Central Blue Ridge Ranges11.6
10.Big Bald2556257625965516 Western Blue Ridge Ranges15.9
11.Big Frog Mountain2480252025604200+Southern Blue Ridge Front28.6
12.Mount Rogers2449246924895729 Western Blue Ridge Ranges40.6
13.Elliott Knob2423244324634463 Central Appalachian Ridges27.1
14.Grandfather Mountain2400244024805920+Southern Blue Ridge Front15.1
15.Cheoah Bald2357237723975062 Central Blue Ridge Ranges8.2
16.English Mountain2292231223323629 Great Smoky Mountains12.2
17.Rocky Mountain2272228222924072 Northern Blue Ridge26.4
18.Snake Mountain2240228023205560+Western Blue Ridge Ranges16.2
19.Hawksbill2148216821884050 Northern Blue Ridge40.0
20.Balsam Beartown Mountain2130214021504710 Southern Appalachian Ridges28.5
21.Brasstown Bald2107210721074783 Southern Blue Ridge Front15.9
22.Cross Mountain2074208420943534 Cumberland Mountains46.5
23.High Knob2043205320634223 Cumberland Mountains40.7
24.Bald Knob2041206120814361 Central Appalachian Ridges49.6

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List Description

List Info

Even though the Southern Appalachians are higher than the Northern Appalachians, they can only muster 24 peaks with over 2000 feet of prominence, compared to 54 north of the Potomac. Lack of glaciation has left the southern peaks more rounded and gentle, and thus the ruggedness needed for lots of high prominence peaks is lacking. Still, this is a nice list, an excellent alternative to the list of tightly clustered 6000-foot peaks of the South. North Carolina claims 11 peaks on this list (3 shared with Tennessee), Virginia has 9, Tennessee another 3 aside from the border peaks, and West Virginia one (Spruce Knob).

Work has been done to extend this list down to all peaks with over 1600 feet of prominence, and at a future date this list may be also extended. Once down to about 1700 feet of prominence, though, things start to get confusing, with many peaks with similar values.

Sources

  • Book County High Points by Andy Martin; list compiled 2000 by Edward Earl, Andy Martin, and Ron Tagliapietra.
  • List generation helped by Edward Earl's WinProm program.
  • Posts made to the Yahoo Prominence Group online forum.
  • Prominence values in this list may not agree 100% with sources, due to different interpretations of key col spot elevations and out-dated peak elevations in the PBC Database.

 


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