The Blue Ridge contains the highest mountains in eastern North America south of Baffin Island. About 125 peaks exceed 5,000 feet in elevation. The highest peak in the Blue Ridge and in the entire Appalachian Mountains is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina at 6,684 feet.
There are 39 peaks in North Carolina and Tennessee higher than 6,000 feet. However, by comparison, in the northern portion of the Appalachian chain only New Hampshire's Mt. Washington rises above 6,000 feet at 6288 feet.
Southern Sixers Mountains
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Mount Mitchell 6684 BM;
Mount Craig 6647 BM;
Clingmans Dome 6643 GSM;
Commissary Ridge 6640 CBR;
Mount Guyot 6621 GSM;
Balsam Cone 6611 BM;
Cattail Peak 6600 BM;
Mount Le Conte 6593 GSM;
Mount Buckley 6560 GSM;
Mount Gibbes 6571 BM;
Big Tom 6560 BM;
Clingmans Peak 6557 BM;
Potato Hill 6475 BM;
Mount Love 6446 GSM;
Mount Chapman 6417 GSM;
Richland Balsam 6410 GBM;
Potato Knob 6400 BM;
Old Black 6370 GSM;
Blackstock Knob 6359 BM;
Celo Knob 6327 BM;
Mount Hallback 6320 BM;
Waterrock Knob 6292 PB;
Roan High Knob 6285 UM:
Roan High Bluff 6267 UM;
Browning Knob 6240 PB;
Luffee Knob 6234 GSM;
Gibbs Mountain BM;
Mount Lyn Lowry 6220 PB;
Mount Kephart 6217 GSM:
Black Balsam Knob 6214 BM;
Winter Star Mountain 6212 BM;
Percys Peak 6200 BM;
Mount Collins 6188 GSM;
Marks Knob 6169 GSM;
Big Cataloochee Mtn. 6155 GSM;
Mount Hardison 6134 GSM;
Tricorner Knob 6120 GSM;
Mount Yonaguska 6120 GSM;
Mount Ambler 6120 GSM;
Mount Hardy 6110 GBM;
Craggy Dome 6105 GCM;
Plott Balsam 6088 PB;
Thermo Knob 6080 GSM;
Reinhart Knob 6080 GSM;
Sam Knob 6050 GBM;
Shining Rock 6040 GBM;
Grassy Cove Top 6040 GBM;
Tennent Mountain 6040 GBM;
Patton Knob 6040 BM;
Chestnut Bald 6040 GBM;
Yellow Face 6032 PB;
Cold Mountain 6030 GBM;
Mount Sequoyah 6003 GSM.
