Name[7][3][8][9] | Parent range[9] | Administrative location[8] | Highest elevation[9] | Total area[9] | Midpoint coordinates[9] |
Appalachian Mountains | Central Pangean Mountains | United States and Canada | 6,684 ft (2,037 m) | 736,888 mi2 (1,908,539 km2) | 37°6′N 76°18′W / 37.100°N 76.300°W / 37.100; -76.300 (Appalachian Mountains) |
Appalachian Highlands | Appalachian Mountains | United States | 6,684 ft (2,037 m) | 615,150 mi2 (1,593,231 km2) | 40°N 78°W / 40°N 78°W / 40; -78 (Appalachian Mountains) |
Appalachian Uplands | Appalachian Mountains | Canada | 4,186 ft (1,276 m) | 121,741 mi2 (315,308 km2) | 42°21′N 67°16′W / 42.350°N 67.267°W / 42.350; -67.267 (Appalachian Uplands) |
Appalachian Plateau | Appalachian Highlands | New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. | | | |
Blue Ridge Mountains | Appalachian Highlands | Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. | | | |
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Appalachian Highlands | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. | | | |
Piedmont | Appalachian Highlands | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama | | | |
St. Lawrence Valley | Appalachian Highlands | Vermont and New York | | | |
New England | Appalachian Highlands | Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania | | | |
Adirondack Mountains | Appalachian Highlands | New York | | | |
Newfoundland Highlands[7] | Appalachian Uplands | Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,664 ft (812 m) | 13,125 mi2 (33,994 km2) | 49°36′N 57°25′W / 49.600°N 57.417°W / 49.600; -57.417 (Newfoundland Highlands) |
Annapolis Lowland | Appalachian Uplands | Nova Scotia | | | |
Atlantic Uplands | Appalachian Uplands | Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia | | | |
Chaleur Uplands | Appalachian Uplands | Quebec and New Brunswick | | | |
Eastern Quebec Uplands | Appalachian Uplands | Quebec | | | |
Nova Scotia Highlands | Appalachian Uplands | Nova Scotia | | | |
New Brunswick Highlands | Appalachian Uplands | New Brunswick | | | |
Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains | Appalachian Uplands** | Quebec | | | |
Notre Dame Mountains | Appalachian Uplands (Ntl. Gov.) or Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains (Quebec)** | Quebec and New Brunswick | | | |
Megantic Hills | Appalachian Uplands (Ntl. Gov.) or Notre Dame and Mégantic Mountains (Quebec)** | Quebec | | | |
Maritime Plain | Appalachian Uplands | New Brunswick and Nova Scotia | | | |
Sutton Mountains | Appalachian Uplands | Quebec | | | |
Eastern Kentucky Mountains[10][11] | Appalachian Plateau, Cumberland Plateau, and Cumberland Mountains | Kentucky | | | |
Mohawk Plateau[12] | Appalachian Plateau | New York | | | |
Catskill Mountains | Appalachian Plateau | New York | | | |
Cumberland Mountains | Appalachian Plateau | Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee | | | |
Cumberland Plateau | Appalachian Plateau | Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama | | | |
Kanawha | Appalachian Plateau | New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia | | | |
Southern New York | Appalachian Plateau | New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania | | | |
Allegheny Plateau | Appalachian Plateau | New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky | | | |
Allegheny Mountains | Appalachian Plateau | Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia | 4,861 ft (1,482 m) | 15,628 mi2 (40,476 km2) | 39°13′N 79°54′W / 39.217°N 79.900°W / 39.217; -79.900 (Allegheny Mountains) |
Hudson Valley | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | New York | | | |
Middle Ridge and Valley Appalachians | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia | | | |
Tennessee Ridge and Valley Appalachians | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama | | | |
Northern Blue Ridge Mountains | Blue Ridge Mountains | Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia | | | |
Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | Blue Ridge Mountains | Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia | | | |
Piedmont Uplands | Piedmont | Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama | | | |
Piedmont Lowlands | Piedmont | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia | | | |
Champlain Valley | St. Lawrence Valley | New York and Vermont | | | |
Northern St. Lawrence Valley | St. Lawrence Valley | New York | | | |
Seaboard Lowlands | New England | Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island | | | |
New England Uplands | New England | New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania | | | |
White Mountains | New England | Maine and New Hampshire | | | |
Green Mountains | New England | Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut | | | |
Taconic Mountains | New England | Vermont, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania | | | |
Long Range Mountains | Newfoundland Highlands | Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,664 ft (812 m) | 13,125 mi2 (33,994 km2) | 49°36′N 57°25′W / 49.600°N 57.417°W / 49.600; -57.417 (Newfoundland Highlands) |
Newfoundland Central Lowlands | Newfoundland Highlands[7] | Newfoundland and Labrador | | | |
Atlantic Uplands of Newfoundland | Atlantic Uplands and Newfoundland Highlands[7] | Newfoundland and Labrador | | | |
Atlantic Uplands of Nova Scotia | Atlantic Uplands | Nova Scotia | | | |
Cobequid Highlands | Maritime Plain and Nova Scotia Highlands | Nova Scotia | 1,198 ft (365 m) | 2,795 mi2 7,239 km2 | 45°39′N 63°48′W / 45.650°N 63.800°W / 45.650; -63.800 (Cobequid Highlands) |
Cape Breton Highlands | Maritime Plain and Atlantic Uplands of Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia | 1,749 ft (533 m) | 4,521 mi2 (11,508 km2) | 46°18′N 60°41′W / 46.300°N 60.683°W / 46.300; -60.683 (Cape Breton Highlands) |
Fundy Highlands | Maritime Plain and New Brunswick Highlands | New Brunswick | 1,345+ ft (410+ m) | 7,211 mi2 (18,677 km2) | 46°8′N 65°0′W / 46.133°N 65.000°W / 46.133; -65.000 (Fundy Highlands) |
Chic-Choc Mountains | Notre Dame Mountains | Quebec | 4,186 ft (1,276 m) | 10,020 mi2 (25,952 km2) | 48°36′N 66°2′W / 48.600°N 66.033°W / 48.600; -66.033 (Chic-Choc Mountains) |
Central Notre Dame Mountains | Notre Dame Mountains | Quebec | 2,972 ft (906 m) | 9,252 mi2 (23,962 km2) | 47°49′N 68°29′W / 47.817°N 68.483°W / 47.817; -68.483 (Central Notre Dame Mountains) |
Southern Notre Dame Mountains | Notre Dame Mountains | Quebec | 3,005 ft (916 m) | 8,480 mi2 (21,962 km2) | 46°25′N 71°12′W / 46.417°N 71.200°W / 46.417; -71.200 (Southern Notre Dame Mountains) |
Collines Monteregiennes | Notre Dame Mountains | Quebec | 1,818 ft (554 m) | 3,038 mi2 (7,868 km2) | 45°35′N 72°53′W / 45.583°N 72.883°W / 45.583; -72.883 (Collines Monteregiennes) |
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield | Eastern Kentucky Mountains[10][11] and the Cumberland Plateau | Kentucky | | | |
Pottsville Escarpment[10] | Eastern Kentucky Mountains[10][11] and the Cumberland Plateau | Kentucky | 1,800 ft[10] | | |
Waverly Escarpment[10] | Eastern Kentucky Mountains[10][11] | Kentucky | 1,300 ft[10] | | |
Pine Mountain[13] | Eastern Kentucky Mountains[10][11] and Cumberland Mountains | Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee | 1,700 ft (518 m)[13] | | 36°53′30.98″N 83°17′18.08″W / 36.8919389°N 83.2883556°W / 36.8919389; -83.2883556 (Pine Mountain)[14] |
Log Mountains[15] | Eastern Kentucky Mountains[10][11] | Kentucky and Tennessee | | | |
Catskill Escarpment | Catskill Mountains | New York | | | |
Blackhead Mountains | Catskill Mountains | New York | | | |
Northwest Catskills | Catskill Mountains | | | | |
Northeast Catskills | Catskill Mountains | | | | |
Devil's Path | Catskill Mountains | New York | | | |
Central Catskills | Catskill Mountains | | | | |
Southwest Catskills | Catskill Mountains | | | | |
Burroughs Range | Catskill Mountains | New York | | | |
Southern Catskills | Catskill Mountains | | | | |
Cumberland Mountain[16] | Cumberland Mountains | Virginia and Tennessee | 3,500 ft (1,100 m) | | |
Crab Orchard Mountains | Cumberland Mountains | Tennessee | 3,340 ft (1,018 m)[17] | | |
Walden Ridge | Cumberland Plateau | Tennessee | 3,048 ft (929 m) | | |
Lookout Mountain | Cumberland Plateau | Georgia | 2,389 ft (728 m) | | 34°51′49″N 85°23′33″W / 34.86361°N 85.39250°W / 34.86361; -85.39250 (Lookout Mountain) |
Sand Mountain | Cumberland Plateau and Armuchee Ridges | Alabama and Georgia | | | |
Allegheny Front | Allegheny Mountains | Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia | 4,770 feet (1,450 m) | | 39°04′23″N 79°17′53″W / 39.07306°N 79.29806°W / 39.07306; -79.29806 (Allegheny Front) |
Spruce Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | 4,863 ft (1,482 m) | | 38°41′59″N 79°31′58″W / 38.69972°N 79.53278°W / 38.69972; -79.53278 (Spruce Mountain) |
Rich Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Briery Mountains | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Laurel Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Laurel Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | Pennsylvania | | | |
Flat Top Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Yew Mountains | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Shavers Fork Mountain Complex | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Cheat Mountain | Shavers Fork Mountain Complex | West Virginia | | | |
Shavers and Back Allegheny Mountains | Shavers Fork Mountain Complex | West Virginia | | | |
Mount Porte Crayon | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Dans Mountain | Allegheny Front | Maryland | | | |
Backbone Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | Maryland and West Virginia | | | |
Negro Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | Pennsylvania | | | |
North Fork Mountain | Allegheny Mountains | West Virginia | | | |
Sideling Hill (aka Side Long Hill) | Allegheny Mountains or Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia | | | |
Shenandoah Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia and Virginia | | | |
Sleepy Creek Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
The Devil's Nose | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
North Mountain (aka Great Ridge) | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia and Virginia | | | |
Savage Mountains | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania and Maryland | | | |
Great North Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia and Virginia | | | |
Tonoloway Ridge | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia | | | |
Cacapon Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia and Virginia | | | |
Third Hill Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
Patterson Creek Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
South Branch Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
Ice Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
Knobly Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
Elleber Ridge | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia | | | |
Peters Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | West Virginia and Virginia | | | |
Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Nittany Arch | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Brush Mountain Ridge | Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation | Pennsylvania | | | |
Bald Eagle Mountain Ridge | Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation and Nittany Arch | Pennsylvania | | | |
Tussey Mountain | Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation and Nittany Arch | Pennsylvania | | | |
Shriner Mountain | Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation and Nittany Arch | Pennsylvania | | | |
Mount Nittany | Nittany Arch | Pennsylvania | | | |
Allegheny Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Wills Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania and Maryland | | | |
Tuscarora Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Jacks Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Jacks Mountain Anticline | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Stone Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Seven Mountains Area | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Dunning Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Kittatinny Mountain | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | New Jersey | | | |
Wallpack Ridge | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | New York | | | |
Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania | Middle Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Pennsylvania | | | |
Shawangunk Mountains | Hudson Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | New York | | | |
Bays Mountain | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Tennessee | | | |
Sharp's Ridge | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Tennessee | | | |
Armuchee Ridges | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Tennessee | | | |
Taylor Ridge | Armuchee Ridges | Georgia | | | |
White Oak Mountain | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Tennessee and Georgia | | | |
Missionary Ridge | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Tennessee | | | |
Stringer's Ridge | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Tennessee | | | |
Red Mountain | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Alabama | | | |
Newman Ridge | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Tennessee | | | |
Powell Mountain | Tennessee Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians | Virginia and Tennessee | | | |
Bull Run Mountains | Northern Blue Ridge Mountains | Virginia | | | |
Catoctin Mountain | Northern Blue Ridge Mountains | Maryland and Virginia | | | |
Great Smoky Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Great Balsam Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Sauratown Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Bald Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | Tennessee and North Carolina | | | |
Great Craggy Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Plott Balsams | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Unaka Range | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Roan Highlands | Unaka Range | North Carolina | | | |
Grassy Ridge | Roan Highlands | North Carolina | | | |
Unicoi Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Iron Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina | | | |
Holston Mountain | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | Tennessee | | | |
Grassy Ridge | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | Georgia | | | |
Black Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Brushy Mountains | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
South Mountains | Piedmont Uplands | North Carolina | | | |
Uwharrie Mountains | Piedmont Uplands | North Carolina | | | |
Broken Hills | Piedmont Uplands | Virginia | | | |
Caraway Mountains | Uwharrie Mountains | North Carolina | | | |
Reading Prong | New England Uplands | Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey | | | |
Manhattan Prong | New England Uplands | Connecticut and New York | | | |
South Mountain | Reading Prong | Pennsylvania | | | |
New York – New Jersey Highlands | Reading Prong | New York and New Jersey | | | |
Bearfort Ridge | New York – New Jersey Highlands | New Jersey | | | |
Hudson Highlands | Reading Prong | Hudson Valley, New York | | | |
East Hudson Highlands | Hudson Highlands | New York | | | |
West Hudson Highlands | Hudson Highlands | New York | | | |
Breakneck Ridge | East Hudson Highlands | New York | | | |
Housatonic Highlands | Reading Prong | Connecticut | | | |
Ramapo Mountains | Manhattan Prong | New York and New Jersey | | | |
Trenton Prong | Manhattan Prong or Piedmont Lowlands and Piedmont Highlands | Pennsylvania and New Jersey | | | |
Carter-Moriah Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Cannon–Kinsman Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
The Cannon Balls | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Mahoosuc Range | White Mountains | Maine and New Hampshire | | | |
Franconia Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Franconia Ridge | Franconia Range | New Hampshire | | | |
Presidential Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Montalban Ridge | Presidential Range | New Hampshire | | | |
Bemis Ridge | Montalban Ridge | New Hampshire | | | |
Katahdin Massif | Presidential Range | New Hampshire | | | |
Sandwich Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
The Sleepers | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Mount Shaw Massif Ring Dyke | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Ossipee Mountains | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Baldface-Royce Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Crescent Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Mahoosuc Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Pilot Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Sandwich Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Twin Range | White Mountains | New Hampshire | | | |
Northeast Kingdom | Green Mountains* | Vermont | | | |
Taconic Allochthon | Taconic Mountains | New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut | | | |
South Taconics | Taconic Mountains | New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut | | | |
Upper Hoosic River Valley Region | Taconic Mountains | Massachusetts | | | |
Southern Vermont | Taconic Mountains | Vermont | | | |
Northern Terminus | Taconic Mountains | Vermont | | | |
Anguille Mountains | Long Range Mountains | Newfoundland and Labrador | | | |
Lewis Hills | Long Range Mountains | Newfoundland and Labrador | | | |
Tablelands | Long Range Mountains | Newfoundland and Labrador | | | |