Blue Ridge, also called Blue Ridge Mountains, is a segment of the Appalachian Mountains in the United States, extending southwestward for 615 mile from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, through parts of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, to Mt. Oglethorpe, Georgia. The range, a relatively narrow ridge, is 5 to 65 miles wide, with average heights in elevation of 2,000 to 4,000 ft. Included in the Blue Ridge mountains range system are the Black Mountains, the Great Smoky mountains and the Unaka mountains of Eastern Tennessee.
- Maryland Blue Ridge Mountains
- West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains
- Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains
- North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains
- Tennessee Blue Ridge Mountains
- South Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains
- Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains
National Parks in the Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains range stretching about 450 miles from Pennsylvania to Georgia and is a part of the larger Appalachian Mountain Range. The following is a list of mountains constituting the Blue Ridge Mountains from northeast to southwest.
- South Mountain, Pennsylvania/Maryland
- Catoctin Mountain, Maryland/Virginia
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland (possible outlier)
- Elk Ridge, Maryland
- Bull Run Mountains, Virginia
- Short Hill Mountain, Virginia
- Blue (Ridge) Mountain, Virginia
- The “Blue Ridge” proper, Shenandoah Nat’l Park, Virginia
- Pignut Mountain, Virginia
- Knob Mountain, Virginia
- Neighbor Mountain, Virginia
- Hawksbill Mountain, Virginia
- Old Rag Mountain, Virginia
- Apple Orchard Mountain, Virginia
- Humpback Mountain, Virginia
- Southwest Mountains, Virginia
- Peaks of Otter, Virginia
- Poor Mountain, Virginia
- Brushy Mountain, Virginia
- Holston Mountain, Tennessee / Virginia
- Sauratown Mountains, North Carolina
- Moore’s Knob, North Carolina
- Pilot Mountain, North Carolina
- Three Top Mountain, North Carolina
- Tomkins Knob, North Carolina
- Fire Scale Mountain, North Carolina
- Howard Knob, North Carolina
- Rich Mountain, Watauga County, North Carolina
- Elk Knob, North Carolina
- Snake Mountain, North Carolina
- Rich Mountain Bald, North Carolina
- Crossing Knob, North Carolina
- Beech Mountain, North Carolina
- Hanging Rock, North Carolina
- Peak Mountain, North Carolina
- Sugar Mountain, North Carolina
- Flattop Mountain, North Carolina
- Brier Knob, Avery County, North Carolina
- Pixie Mountain, North Carolina
- Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina
- Grandmother Mountain, North Carolina
- Bee Mountain, North Carolina
- Spanish Oak Mountain, North Carolina
- Unaka Mountains, Tennessee/North Carolina
- Big Yellow Mountain, North Carolina
- Little Yellow Mountain, North Carolina
- Grassy Ridge Bald, North Carolina
- Roan Mountain, Tennessee/North Carolina
- Bald Mountains
- Max Patch
- Chestnut Mountain, Caldwell County, North Carolina
- Little Chestnut Mountain, North Carolina
- Adams Mountain, North Carolina
- Brown Mountain Ridge, North Carolina
- Black Mountains, North Carolina
- Mount Mitchell, North Carolina
- Mount Craig, North Carolina
- Celo Knob, North Carolina
- Great Craggy Mountains, North Carolina
- Great Balsam Mountains, North Carolina
- Richland Balsam, North Carolina
- Black Balsam Knob, North Carolina
- Cold Mountain, North Carolina
- Chestnut Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Shining Rock, North Carolina
- Plott Balsams, North Carolina
- Waterrock Knob, North Carolina
- Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee/North Carolina
- Mount Cammerer
- Old Black
- Mount Guyot
- Mount Chapman
- Mount Sequoyah
- Charlies Bunion
- Mount Kephart
- Mount Le Conte
- Clingmans Dome
- Silers Bald
- Thunderhead Mountain
- Gregory Bald
- Standing Indian Mountain, North Carolina
- Unicoi Mountains, Tennessee/North Carolina
- Big Frog Mountain, Tennessee
- Sassafras Mountain, North Carolina/South Carolina
- Pinnacle Mountain, South Carolina
- Springer Mountain, Georgia
- Blood Mountain, Georgia
- Brasstown Bald, Georgia
- Rabun Bald, Georgia
- Black Rock Mountain, Georgia
- Currahee Mountain, Georgia
- Sawnee Mountain, Georgia