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Cumberland Mountains

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	High Knob (4223 ft/1287 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Kentucky (45%), Virginia (25%), Tennessee (24%), West Virginia (6%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	7,590 sq mi / 19,659 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	124 mi / 200 km North-South 200 mi / 322 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	36° 44' N; 83° 3' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Cumberland Mountains
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Cumberland Mountains.

Appalachian Plateaus	Level 3 (Parent)
Allegheny Plateau	Level 4 (Sibling)
Catskill Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Allegheny Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Cumberland Plateau	Level 4 (Sibling)
Cumberland Mountains	Level 4
Northern Cumberland Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Pine Mountain-Northwest Cumberland Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Black Mountain	Level 5 (Child)
Cumberland-Stone Mountain	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Cumberland Mountains	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Cumberland Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	High Knob	4223	1287	Cumberland-Stone Mountain
2.	Black Mountain	4139	1262	Black Mountain
3.	The Doubles	4080+	1244+	Black Mountain
4.	Little Mountain	4060+	1237+	Cumberland-Stone Mountain
5.	Camp Rock	4000+	1219+	Cumberland-Stone Mountain
6.	Stonega 21 Benchmark	3840+	1170+	Black Mountain
7.	Indian Mountain	3800+	1158+	Black Mountain
8.	Bluff Spur	3760+	1146+	Black Mountain
9.	Big A Mountain	3706	1130	Northern Cumberland Mountains
10.	Potato Hill	3680+	1122+	Black Mountain
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	High Knob	4223	1287	Cumberland-Stone Mountain
2.	Black Mountain	4139	1262	Black Mountain
3.	Big A Mountain	3706	1130	Northern Cumberland Mountains
4.	Cross Mountain	3534	1077	Southern Cumberland Mountains
5.	Pine Mountain	3300	1006	Pine Mountain-Northwest Cumberland Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Cumberland Mountains

High Knob view from the rebuild High Knob Observation Tower and handicapped accessible ramp to top (2017-06-14). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Black Mountain Black Mountain, Kentucky and the radar dome nearby (1984-08-19).
The Doubles The Doubles in the snow (2020-12-05). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.	Norton City High Point City of Norton High Point (2020-12-06). Photo by Steven Fishback. Click here for larger-size photo.
Stonega 21 Benchmark The orange/red-white pipe is a surveyor stake? (2020-05-25). Photo by Powen Ru. Click here for larger-size photo.	Black Mountain - Northeast High Peak Glad this one is over with... (2019-10-25). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.
Big A Mountain Big A Mountain in Virginia and its radio towers in winter. Photo by G.L. Honaker, Jr (2008-01-26). Click here for larger-size photo.	Cross Mountain Cross Mountain summit area (2013-10-20). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.
Little Black Mountain - Chunklick Benchmark The rocky nubbin of Chunklick BM is waiting (2018-04-29). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.	Cumberland Mountain - White Rocks The true summit has more rocks than the overlook (2020-05-24). Photo by Powen Ru. Click here for larger-size photo.

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