Black Mountains (North Carolina)
Notable summits
While the crest of the Black Mountain range is just 15 miles (24 km) long, within these fifteen miles are 18 peaks climbing to at least 6300 feet (1900 meters) above sea level.

Black Mountains (North Carolina)

Section Title: Notable summits
Table Section Text: While the crest of the Black Mountain range is just 15 miles (24 km) long, within these fifteen miles are 18 peaks climbing to at least 6300 feet (1900 meters) above sea level.

Mountain	Elevation	General area	Coordinates	Named after

Mount Mitchell	6,684 ft/2,037 m	North-central Blacks	35.76497, -82.265152	Elisha Mitchell (1793–1857), professor and surveyor

Mount Craig	6,647 ft/2,026 m	North-central Blacks	35.777584, -82.261759	Locke Craig (1860–1925), North Carolina governor

Balsam Cone	6,611 ft/2,015 m	North-central Blacks	35.789705, -82.255846

Cattail Peak	6,583 ft/2,006 m	North-central Blacks	35.798413, -82.256502	Possibly named for mountain lions that may have once frequented the summit

Big Tom	6,581 ft/2,006 m	North-central Blacks	35.779698, -82.259854	Thomas "Big Tom" Wilson (1825–1909), legendary bear hunter and mountain guide

Mount Gibbes	6,560 ft/1,999 m	Southern Blacks	35.739124, -82.285235	Robert Gibbes, surveyor

Clingmans Peak	6,540 ft/1,993 m	Southern Blacks	35.73504, -82.285986	Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812–1897), politician and surveyor

Potato Hill	6,475 ft/1,974 m	North-central Blacks	35.801537, -82.25314

Potato Knob	6,420 ft/1,957 m	Southern Blacks	35.729955, -82.291246	The mountain's shape, resembling an upright potato

Celo Knob	6,327 ft/1,928 m	Northern Blacks	35.852423, -82.248678	The Cherokee word selu, meaning "corn".

Mount Hallback	6,320 ft/1,926 m	North-central Blacks	35.748951, -82.275613

Blackstock Knob	6,320 ft/1,926 m	Southern Blacks	35.738063, -82.318615	Nehemiah Blackstock (1794–1880), surveyor

Gibbs Mountain	6,224 ft/1,897 m	Northern Blacks	35.840947, -82.247985	Methodist circuit rider who frequented the area in the early 19th century

Winter Star Mountain	6,212 ft/1,893 m	Northern Blacks	35.817668, -82.249273

Yeates Knob	5,920 ft/1,804 m	Western Blacks	35.786803, -82.346561

The Pinnacle	5,665 ft/1,727 m	Southern Blacks	35.704308, -82.275411

Sentence(s)

The Blacks rise southward from the Little Crabtree Creek Valley in the north to the steep 6,327-foot (1,928 m) summit of Celo Knob

final_sentence: The Blacks rise southward from the Little Crabtree Creek Valley in the north to the steep 6,327-foot (1,928 m) summit of Celo Knob