Southern Sixers

In peak bagging terminology in the United States, the Southern Sixers refers to the group of mountains in the southern states of North Carolina and Tennessee with elevations above sea level of at least six thousand feet (1,800 m). The southern sixers are the tallest group of mountains in the eastern United States and the only peaks in the Appalachian Mountains to exceed 6,000 feet (1,800 m) other than Mount Washington at 6,288 feet (1,917 m) in New Hampshire.

Most of these mountains are located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (abbreviated GSMNP in the list), Mount Mitchell State Park (MMSP), along the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP), or in the Cherokee or Pisgah National Forest. A few of the peaks, however, are located on private property. All of these mountains are located within 32 miles (51 km) of the North Carolina - Tennessee border,[1] with 12 on the state border itself and many more on various county borders.

Those who complete a list of 40 of these peaks[2] are awarded membership in the South Beyond 6000 club.

List of Southern Sixers

The Southern Sixers
Rank Peak Name Elevation (ft) Range Land TN0621 NC0573 Prominence Isolation
1 Mount Mitchell 6,684 Black Mountains MMSP Yancey County 6,089 1,189
2 Mount Craig 6,647 Black Mountains MMSP Yancey 287 .91
3 Kuwohi 6,643 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier County Swain County 4,513 70.64
4 Mount Guyot 6,621 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Haywood 1,581 16.73
5 Balsam Cone 6,611 Black Mountains MMSP Yancey 171 .88
6 Cattail Peak 6,600 Black Mountains MMSP Yancey 120 .62
7 Mount LeConte 6,593 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier 1,360 7.21
8 Mount Buckley 6,580[3] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Swain 60 .42
9 Mount Gibbes 6,571 Black Mountains WMIT Yancey 111 2.35
10 Big Tom 6,560 Black Mountains MMSP Yancey .19
11 Clingmans Peak 6,557 Black Mountains WMIT Yancey 497 .02
12 Potato Hill 6,475 Black Mountains Pisgah Yancey 80 .29
13 Mount Love 6,446[4] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Swain 106 .41
14 Mount Chapman 6,417 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Swain 577 1.48
15 Richland Balsam 6,410[5] Great Balsam Mountains BRP Haywood 1,000 27.13
16 Potato Knob 6,400 Black Mountains BRP Buncombe, Yancey 40 .45
17 Old Black 6,370 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier, Cocke County Haywood 170 .70
18 Blackstock Knob 6,359 Black Mountains BRP Buncombe, Yancey 480 1.64
19 Celo Knob 6,327[6] Black Mountains Pisgah Yancey 647 3.52
20 Mount Hallback 6,320 Black Mountains MMSP Yancey 200 1.11
21 Waterrock Knob 6,292 Plott Balsams BRP Haywood, Jackson County 1,947 10.66
22 Roan High Knob 6,285 Unaka Mountains Cherokee / Pisgah Carter County Mitchell County 3,485 18.81
23 Roan High Bluff 6,267 Unaka Mountains Pisgah Mitchell 147 1.54
24 Browning Knob 6,240 Plott Balsams BRP Haywood, Jackson 160 .33
25 Luftee Knob 6,234[7] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Haywood, Swain 434 2.53
26 Gibbs Mountain 6,224 Black Mountains Pisgah Yancey 120 .81
27 Mount Lyn Lowry[8] 6,220 Plott Balsams Private Haywood, Jackson 380 1.22
28 Mount Kephart 6,217 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Swain 660 3.09
29 Black Balsam Knob 6,214 Great Balsam Mountains Pisgah Haywood 989 7.08
30 Winter Star Mountain 6,212 Black Mountains Pisgah Yancey 532 1.13
31 Percys Peak 6,200 Black Mountains Pisgah Yancey 80 .32
32 Grassy Ridge Bald 6,189 Unaka Mountains Pisgah Mitchell, Avery County 648 2.35
33 Mount Collins 6,188 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Swain 465 1.80
34 Marks Knob 6,169[9] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Swain 369 1.34
35 Big Cataloochee Mountain 6,155[10] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Haywood 675 2.61
36 Mount Hardison 6,134[11] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Swain 254 .60
37 Tricorner Knob 6,120 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Haywood, Swain 160 .55
38 Mount Yonaguska 6,120[12] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Haywood, Swain 40 .33
39 Mount Ambler 6,120[13] Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Swain 86 .45
40 Mount Hardy 6,110[14] Great Balsam Mountains BRP Haywood, Jackson 760 3.46
41 Craggy Dome[15] 6,105 Great Craggy Mountains BRP Buncombe County 785 3.49
42 Plott Balsam[16] 6,088 Plott Balsams BRP Haywood 408 1.69
43 Thermo Knob 6,080 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Haywood, Swain 60 .62
44 Reinhart Knob 6,080 Great Balsam Mountains BRP Haywood, Jackson 200 1.41
45 Sam Knob 6,050 Great Balsam Mountains Pisgah Haywood 360 1.15
46 Shining Rock 6,040 Great Balsam Mountains Pisgah Haywood 320 2.87
47 Grassy Cove Top 6,040 Great Balsam Mountains Pisgah Haywood 320 1.37
48 Tennent Mountain 6,040 Great Balsam Mountains Pisgah Haywood 120 .71
49 Patton Knob 6,040 Black Mountains BRP Buncombe, Yancey .80
50 Chestnut Bald 6,040 Great Balsam Mountains BRP Transylvania County, Haywood 160 1.67
51 Yellow Face 6,032 Plott Balsams Nature Conservancy Jackson 312 1.16
52 Cold Mountain[17] 6,030 Great Balsam Mountains Pisgah Haywood 990 2.86
53 Mount Sequoyah 6,003 Great Smoky Mountains GSMNP Sevier Swain 163 1.28

Map

The locator map below shows the locations of those Southern Sixers with more than one thousand feet of topographic prominence or considerable isolation.

See also

References

  1. ^ Black Balsam Knob is precisely 31.48 miles (50.66 km) from Brown Gap at 35°46′23″N 82°59′38″W / 35.77306°N 82.99389°W / 35.77306; -82.99389
  2. ^ South Beyond 6000
  3. ^ Mount Buckley Often considered part of Kuwohi.
  4. ^ Mount Love Often considered part of Kuwohi.
  5. ^ Richland Balsam Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Celo Knob
  7. ^ Luftee Knob
  8. ^ http://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway_tour/overlooks/00445.asp
  9. ^ Marks Knob
  10. ^ Big Cataloochee
  11. ^ Mount Hardison
  12. ^ Mount Yonaguska
  13. ^ Mount Ambler
  14. ^ Mount Hardy
  15. ^ http://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway_tour/overlooks/00364.asp
  16. ^ http://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway_tour/overlooks/00458.asp
  17. ^ http://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway_tour/overlooks/00412a.asp

Bibliography

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