TENNESSEE

49 Mountains with prominence of 1,000 feet or greater

Ryan Richardson has computed the tables for Tennessee to P≥1,000 ft.  The total is 49 summits, plus five in the "error range" with a possible prominence of 1,000'.

 The list includes six summits of >P2000' which appear on the Southeastern U.S. Mountain Prominence Map.  These include three on the Tennessee/North Carolina state line, and three that lie entirely within Tennessee.

Please let us know if you are working on hiking this list. 


New table:  May 15, 2005
Rank State Peak County Elevation E (e) Prom. Saddle S (e) Peak Quad Saddle Quad

1 TN/NC Clingmans Dome Sevier/Swain, NC 6643
4503 2140 20 Clingmans Dome NC/TN Hendersonville, NC
2 TN/NC Roan High Knob Carter/Mitchell, NC 6285
3485 2800 40 Carvers Gap NC/TN Spruce Pine, NC
3 TN/NC Big Bald Unicoi/Yancey, NC 5516
2576 2940 20 Bald Creek TN/NC Bald Creek NC/TN
4 TN Big Frog Mtn Polk 4200 40 2480 1720 40 Hemp Top Blue Ridge GA
5 TN English Mtn Jefferson 3629
2269 1360 40 Chestnut Hill Jones Cove
6 TN The Flag Pole Anderson/Campbell 3534
2074 1460 20 Lake City La Follette
7 TN Oswald Dome Polk 3022
1822 1200 40 Oswald Dome Oswald Dome
8 TN Hall Top Cocke 3610
1770 1840 40 Hartford TN/NC Waterville NC/TN
9 TN Cove Mtn Sevier 4077
1757 2320 40 Gatlinburg Gatlinburg
10 TN HP Chimneytop Mtn Greene/Hawkins 3118
1738 1380 20 Lovelace Lovelace
11 TN HP Scott Mtn Blount 3765
1645 2120 40 Kinzel Springs Cades Cove NC/TN
12 TN Greentop Sevier 3069
1589 1480 20 Walden Creek Walden Creek
13 TN/NC Mt Guyot Sevier/Haywood, NC 6621
1575 5046
Mount Guyot TN/NC Clingmans Dome NC/TN
14 TN Little Frog Mtn Polk 3322
1562 1760 40 Ducktown Ducktown
15 TN Holston High Point Sullivan 4280 40 1560 2720 40 Keenburg Watauga Dam
16 TN Pinnacle Mtn Unicoi/Washington 3520 40 1540 1980 20 Unicoi TN/NC Unicoi TN/NC
17 TN Bryson Mtn Claiborne 3200 40 1520 1680 40 Fork Ridge Middlesboro South
18 TN/NC Spring Mtn Greene/Madison, NC 3720 40 1520 2200 40 Hot Springs Hot Springs
19 TN/NC Unaka Mtn Unicoi/Mitchell, NC 5180 20 1460 3720 40 Unicoi TN/NC Iron Mountain Gap
20 TN BM Conasauga 5 Polk 2560 40 1420 1140 20 Oswald Dome Mecca
21 TN Mt Leconte Sevier 6593
1360 5233
Mount Le Conte TN/NC Mount Guyot
22 TN/NC HP Snowbird Mtn Cocke/Haywood, NC 4240 40 1320 2920 40 Waterville TN/NC Waterville NC/TN
23 TN Stout Knob Campbell 2966
1286 1680 20 Well Spring Middlesboro South
24 TN BM Short, Short Mtn Hawkins 2679
1259 1420 20 Lee Valley Camelot
25 TN Lone Mtn Morgan 2530
1250 1280 20 Camp Austin Petros
26 TN BM Doe Johnson 3889
1249 2640 40 Mountain City Mountain City
27 TN Neddy Mtn Cocke 2600 40 1240 1360 40 Neddy Mountain Neddy Mountain
28 TN Buffalo Mtn Anderson 3380 20 1220 2160
Windrock Lake City
29 TN Morton Bluff (Chilhowee Mtn) Blount 2760 20 1200 1560 20 Tallassee Blockhouse
30 TN Roundtop Blount/Sevier 3071
1191 1880 40 Wear Cove Wear Cove
31 TN Stallion Mtn or Frozen Head Anderson 3324 16 1185 2139
Fork Mountain or Petros Petros
32 TN Walnut Mtn Campbell 2840 20 1160 1680 20 Ivydell Pioneer
33 TN Chuckey Mtn Greene 3102
1142 1960 40 Paint Rock Paint Rock
34 TN Fork Mtn Carter 3615
1135 2480 40 Elizabethton Iron Mountain Gap
35 TN BM Valley Forge, Iron Mtn Carter 3210 30 1130 2080 40 Elizabethton Elizabethton
36 TN BM Pond Carter 4329
1129 3200 40 Watauga Dam Elk Park
37 TN Stone Mtn (2 pts) Unicoi 3720 40 1120 2600 40 Unicoi TN/NC Iron Mountain Gap
38 TN Webb Mtn Sevier 3080 40 1120 1960 40 Jones Cove Jones Cove
39 TN/NC Gregory Bald Blount/Swain, NC 4949
1107 3842
Cades Cove TN/NC Ekaneetlee Gap
40 TN BM Stone Cocke 3106
1106 2000 40 Neddy Mountain Neddy Mountain
41 TN Waucheesi Mtn Monroe 3692
1092 2600 40 Bald River Falls Bald River Falls
42 TN/NC Thunderhead Mtn Blount/Swain, NC 5527
1087 4440 40 Thunderhead Mountain NC/TN Sugar Tree Gap
43 TN VABM, Pilot Mtn Anderson 3285
1085 2200 20 Duncan Flats Duncan Flats
44 TN House Mtn Knox 2085
1085 1000 20 John Sevier John Sevier
45 TN Clinch Mtn Hancock/Hawkins 2620 20 1020 1600 20 Lee Valley Gate City
46 TN Unnamed Madison/Hamilton 2000 20 1016 984 33 Wauhatchie Hooker
47 TN Rocky Mtn Blount 2690
1010 1680 40 Wear Cove Wear Cove
48 TN Short Mtn Cannon 2092 8 1002 1090 30 Short Mountain Fredonia
49 TN Green Mtn Cocke 2760 40 1000 1760 80 Hartford TN/NC Hartford TN/NC

Missed Cut - in the possible "error range" of P1000s.

50 TN Black Mtn Cumberland 2828
988 1840 20 Grassy Cove Grassy Cove
51 TN Luper Mtn Cumberland 2745 15 985 1760 40 Ozone Ozone
52 TN Big Fodderstack Anderson/Morgan 3340 20 980 2360 20 Petros Petros
53 TN View Tree Knob Campbell/Scott 2740 20 980 1760 20 Pioneer Pioneer
54 TN Holston River Mtn Hawkins/Sullivan 2400 20 980 1420 20 Church Hill Lovelace

NOTES:

More detail can be found at Ryan Richardson's website.