page_title: List of mountains in North Carolina
section_title: Highest mountains
hierarchical_section_title: List of mountains in North Carolina / Highest mountains
caption_attribution_description: English: Richland Balsam viewed from Cowee Mountain Overlook, Oct 2016
context_page_description: This page lists notable mountains in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
context_section_description: The following sortable table lists the 20 highest mountain peaks of North Carolina with at least 160 feet (49 m) of topographic prominence. Listings found elsewhere may not necessarily agree because they do not include each of these mountains.
caption: Richland Balsam, 8th highest mountain in North Carolina
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