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Southeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence

RankPeak Prom-Ft  Elev-Ft StateRange (Level 4)Isol-Mi
1.Mount Mitchell60896684North CarolinaCentral Blue Ridge Ranges1189.0
2.Clingmans Dome45036643Tennessee/North CarolinaGreat Smoky Mountains70.7
3.Roan High Knob34856285North Carolina/TennesseeWestern Blue Ridge Ranges18.8
4.Huckleberry Knob34005560North CarolinaSouthern Blue Ridge Front29.4
5.Richland Balsam30106410North CarolinaCentral Blue Ridge Ranges27.1
6.Apple Orchard Mountain28254225VirginiaNorthern Blue Ridge33.7
7.Standing Indian28195499North CarolinaSouthern Blue Ridge Front32.5
8.Spruce Knob27814861West VirginiaAllegheny Mountains175.4
9.Crabtree Bald26805320North CarolinaCentral Blue Ridge Ranges11.6
10.Big Bald25565516North Carolina/TennesseeWestern Blue Ridge Ranges15.9
11.Big Frog Mountain24804200TennesseeSouthern Blue Ridge Front28.6
12.Mount Rogers24495729VirginiaWestern Blue Ridge Ranges40.6
13.Elliott Knob24234463VirginiaCentral Appalachian Ridges27.1
14.Grandfather Mountain24005920North CarolinaSouthern Blue Ridge Front15.1
15.Cheoah Bald23575062North CarolinaCentral Blue Ridge Ranges8.2
16.English Mountain22923629TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains12.2
17.Rocky Mountain22724072VirginiaNorthern Blue Ridge26.4
18.Snake Mountain22405560North CarolinaWestern Blue Ridge Ranges16.2
19.Hawksbill21484050VirginiaNorthern Blue Ridge40.0
20.Balsam Beartown Mountain21304710VirginiaSouthern Appalachian Ridges28.5
21.Brasstown Bald21074783GeorgiaSouthern Blue Ridge Front15.9
22.Cross Mountain20743534TennesseeCumberland Mountains46.5
23.High Knob20434223VirginiaCumberland Mountains40.7
24.Bald Knob20414361VirginiaCentral Appalachian Ridges49.6
 Reddish Knob19974397Virginia/West VirginiaCentral Appalachian Ridges15.4

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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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