List of mountains in Kentucky
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This is a list of mountains in the U.S. state of Kentucky. This list is compiled from all of the GNIS features in Kentucky that are classified as a cliff, range, ridge, or summit, and are over 2,000 feet (610 m) in elevation.
The Kentucky side of Black Mountain, the highest point in Kentucky
Summit of Tri-State peak
Photo of the decommissioned fire tower that sits atop of Stuffley Knob
Pine Mountain viewed from US 23
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List of peaks above 2,000 feet
| Name (GNIS) | County | Elevation | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | Harlan | 4,131 ft (1,259 m) | 36°54′51″N 82°53′38″W |
| The Doubles | Harlan | 4,091 ft (1,247 m) | 36°54′29″N 82°52′39″W |
| Benham Spur | Harlan | 4,045 ft (1,233 m) | 36°55′04″N 82°54′10″W |
| Middle Ridge | Harlan | 3,967 ft (1,209 m) | 36°54′17″N 82°53′13″W |
| Big Ridge | Harlan | 3,900 ft (1,200 m) | 36°55′06″N 82°53′54″W |
| Rockhouse Ridge | Harlan | 3,855 ft (1,175 m) | 36°54′01″N 82°56′06″W |
| Looney Ridge | Harlan | 3,812 ft (1,162 m) | 36°54′05″N 82°52′05″W |
| Yellow Buck Spur | Harlan | 3,802 ft (1,159 m) | 36°54′07″N 82°55′58″W |
| Potato Hill | Harlan | 3,688 ft (1,124 m) | 36°53′13″N 82°53′16″W |
| Divide Ridge | Harlan | 3,684 ft (1,123 m) | 36°53′13″N 82°53′16″W |
| Sams Ridge | Letcher | 3,573 ft (1,089 m) | 36°58′49″N 82°51′45″W |
| Long Ridge | Harlan | 3,510 ft (1,070 m) | 36°55′01″N 83°02′37″W |
| Little Black Mountain | Harlan | 3,488 ft (1,063 m) | 36°53′46″N 82°52′35″W |
| Looney Ridge | Harlan | 3,461 ft (1,055 m) | 36°58′45″N 82°54′24″W |
| River Ridge | Letcher | 3,422 ft (1,043 m) | 37°01′19″N 82°48′57″W |
| White Rocks | Harlan | 3,383 ft (1,031 m) | 36°40′02″N 83°26′35″W |
| Cave Spur Ridge | Harlan | 3,380 ft (1,030 m) | 36°56′26″N 83°01′17″W |
| Kitts Knob | Harlan | 3,360 ft (1,024 m) | 36°49′15″N 83°10′57″W |
| Chunklick Spur | Harlan | 3,350 ft (1,020 m) | 36°44′41″N 83°23′26″W |
| Joe Knob | Harlan | 3,337 ft (1,017 m) | 36°55′40″N 83°05′35″W |
| Brush Mountain | Bell | 3,333 ft (1,016 m) | 36°39′45″N 83°33′05″W |
| Fox Knob | Harlan | 3,327 ft (1,014 m) | 36°48′01″N 83°22′37″W |
| Little Fork Ridge | Letcher | 3,300 ft (1,000 m) | 37°01′31″N 82°45′55″W |
| Pine Mountain | Letcher | 3,274 ft (998 m) | 37°06′18″N 82°44′42″W |
| Reynolds Mountain | Harlan | 3,250 ft (990 m) | 36°46′11″N 83°26′05″W |
| Crummies Spur | Harlan | 3,212 ft (979 m) | 36°49′04″N 83°12′56″W |
| Grays Knob | Harlan | 3,212 ft (979 m) | 36°47′16″N 83°17′28″W |
| Foresters Spur | Harlan | 3,209 ft (978 m) | 36°46′58″N 83°25′20″W |
| Puckett Ridge | Harlan | 3,173 ft (967 m) | 36°45′39″N 83°24′44″W |
| Ewing Spur | Harlan | 3,159 ft (963 m) | 36°47′54″N 83°22′20″W |
| Grays Ridge | Harlan | 3,153 ft (961 m) | 36°46′29″N 83°18′04″W |
| Cole Spur | Bell | 3,146 ft (959 m) | 36°38′32″N 83°50′24″W |
| Lone Spur | Harlan | 3,127 ft (953 m) | 36°48′03″N 83°09′54″W |
| Toms Spur | Harlan | 3,127 ft (953 m) | 36°45′26″N 83°24′49″W |
| Moseley Spur | Bell | 3,123 ft (952 m) | 36°38′18″N 83°49′31″W |
| White Oak Spur | Bell | 3,123 ft (952 m) | 36°35′50″N 83°47′49″W |
| Halls Butt | Letcher | 3,097 ft (944 m) | 37°01′56″N 82°48′50″W |
| Fork Ridge | Bell | 3,094 ft (943 m) | 36°35′49″N 83°47′47″W |
| Potato Hill Ridge | Harlan | 3,091 ft (942 m) | 36°46′12″N 83°21′41″W |
| Potato Knob | Harlan | 3,091 ft (942 m) | 36°46′12″N 83°21′41″W |
| Jones Spur | Bell | 3,077 ft (938 m) | 36°35′38″N 83°48′44″W |
| Canada Peak | Bell | 3,068 ft (935 m) | 36°38′48″N 83°45′46″W |
| Turner Spur | Bell | 3,054 ft (931 m) | 36°36′23″N 83°50′43″W |
| Double Spur | Harlan | 3,038 ft (926 m) | 36°44′53″N 83°19′15″W |
| Beans Spur | Bell | 3,022 ft (921 m) | 36°38′06″N 83°47′30″W |
| Skeet Rock Knob | Pike | 3,012 ft (918 m) | 37°15′36″N 82°23′00″W |
| Mill Spur | Harlan | 2,976 ft (907 m) | 36°43′09″N 83°28′19″W |
| Barn Ridge | Letcher | 2,972 ft (906 m) | 37°02′41″N 82°44′46″W |
| Maiden Ridge | Bell | 2,972 ft (906 m) | 36°37′06″N 83°51′07″W |
| Butterfly Knob | Harlan | 2,940 ft (896 m) | 36°42′51″N 83°25′58″W |
| Jackson Knob | Bell | 2,933 ft (894 m) | 36°44′43″N 83°31′37″W |
| Notch Rock | Harlan | 2,920 ft (890 m) | 36°44′22″N 83°11′16″W |
| Piney Spur | Bell | 2,890 ft (880 m) | 36°39′00″N 83°51′11″W |
| Catron Spur | Harlan | 2,831 ft (863 m) | 36°47′02″N 83°18′45″W |
| Brownies Ridge | Bell | 2,818 ft (859 m) | 36°42′32″N 83°29′04″W |
| Pine Spur | Bell | 2,805 ft (855 m) | 36°44′26″N 83°31′17″W |
| Yellow Rock | Harlan | 2,805 ft (855 m) | 36°44′31″N 83°09′12″W |
| High Rock | Letcher | 2,776 ft (846 m) | 37°06′04″N 82°45′34″W |
| Little Spur | Harlan | 2,776 ft (846 m) | 36°46′41″N 83°20′46″W |
| Gross Knob | Harlan | 2,769 ft (844 m) | 36°52′14″N 83°24′54″W |
| Sugarcamp Knob | Harlan | 2,769 ft (844 m) | 36°47′10″N 83°11′08″W |
| Skegg Knob | Pike | 2,710 ft (826 m) | 37°16′20″N 82°20′53″W |
| Jesse Spur | Harlan | 2,612 ft (796 m) | 36°47′39″N 83°25′51″W |
| Peters Knob | Harlan | 2,612 ft (796 m) | 36°53′29″N 83°26′59″W |
| English Spur | Harlan | 2,608 ft (795 m) | 36°53′22″N 83°14′20″W |
| Chestnut Knob | Leslie | 2,602 ft (793 m) | 36°54′31″N 83°24′14″W |
| Threemile Ridge | Pike | 2,572 ft (784 m) | 37°15′43″N 82°32′17″W |
| The Pinnacle | Bell | 2,497 ft (761 m) | 36°36′21″N 83°39′57″W |
| Kentucky Ridge | Leslie | 2,490 ft (760 m) | 36°54′51″N 83°24′48″W |
| Dicks Knob | Pike | 2,490 ft (759 m) | 37°30′04″N 82°13′39″W |
| Hylton Knob | Pike | 2,484 ft (757 m) | 37°25′20″N 82°09′48″W |
| Big Fork Ridge | Letcher | 2,451 ft (747 m) | 36°59′29″N 83°07′16″W |
| Sheep Cliff | Pike | 2,415 ft (736 m) | 37°17′05″N 82°30′25″W |
| Cranks Ridge | Harlan | 2,411 ft (735 m) | 36°46′00″N 83°13′15″W |
| Gray Mountain | Leslie | 2,411 ft (735 m) | 36°56′52″N 83°20′37″W |
| Hurricane Gap Mountain | Letcher | 2,398 ft (731 m) | 36°58′55″N 83°01′39″W |
| Jewell Ridge | Perry | 2,372 ft (723 m) | 37°02′22″N 83°04′30″W |
| High Knob | Pike | 2,356 ft (718 m) | 37°27′16″N 82°06′39″W |
| Hances Ridge | Bell | 2,283 ft (696 m) | 36°40′51″N 83°34′21″W |
| Flag Top | Bell | 2,277 ft (694 m) | 36°42′56″N 83°40′55″W |
| Potatoe Knob | Pike | 2,267 ft (691 m) | 37°15′44″N 82°40′51″W |
| Abner Mountain | Pike | 2,205 ft (672 m) | 37°21′12″N 82°38′49″W |
| Chestnut Flats | Bell | 2,205 ft (672 m) | 36°46′07″N 83°32′11″W |
| Potato Knob | Leslie | 2,201 ft (671 m) | 36°57′55″N 83°28′44″W |
| Sulphur Knob | Pike | 2,200 ft (670 m) | 37°28′31″N 82°07′06″W |
| Bear Wallow Mountain | Whitley | 2,188 ft (667 m) | 36°39′23″N 83°59′24″W |
| Collier Rocks | Pike | 2,178 ft (664 m) | 37°18′24″N 82°40′21″W |
| Dixon Knob | Perry | 2,170 ft (660 m) | 37°09′32″N 83°03′01″W |
| Fork Ridge | Knox | 2,170 ft (660 m) | 36°44′07″N 83°53′06″W |
| Kentucky Ridge | Clay | 2,170 ft (660 m) | 36°57′15″N 83°36′32″W |
| Ryans Creek Mountain | McCreary | 2,170 ft (660 m) | 36°39′18″N 84°18′21″W |
| Dark Ridge | Bell | 2,162 ft (659 m) | 36°38′53″N 83°41′26″W |
| Vanderpool Mountain | Whitley | 2,159 ft (658 m) | 36°38′49″N 84°00′58″W |
| Wolf Knob | Whitley | 2,149 ft (655 m) | 36°36′49″N 84°12′24″W |
| Anderson Mountain | McCreary | 2,146 ft (654 m) | 36°35′30″N 84°19′42″W |
| Mill Ridge | Harlan | 2,146 ft (654 m) | 36°48′00″N 83°13′50″W |
| Canada Mountain | Bell | 2,129 ft (649 m) | 36°40′09″N 83°42′27″W |
| Beaver Knob | Pike | 2,126 ft (648 m) | 37°20′46″N 82°17′06″W |
| Jellico Mountain | Whitley | 2,126 ft (648 m) | 36°41′31″N 84°12′32″W |
| Flag Ridge | Knox | 2,123 ft (647 m) | 36°43′22″N 83°52′37″W |
| Corner Tree Knob | McCreary | 2,119 ft (646 m) | 36°35′46″N 84°21′00″W |
| Signal Knob | Floyd | 2,119 ft (646 m) | 37°24′02″N 82°40′22″W |
| Hunt Knob | Pike | 2,116 ft (645 m) | 37°27′12″N 82°15′49″W |
| Rocky Face | Bell | 2,113 ft (644 m) | 36°41′38″N 83°40′32″W |
| Pinnacle Rock | Pike | 2,103 ft (641 m) | 37°16′52″N 82°21′17″W |
| Bob Lowe Knob | Harlan | 2,096 ft (639 m) | 36°48′58″N 83°28′44″W |
| Blue Head Rock | Pike | 2,093 ft (638 m) | 37°16′32″N 82°21′54″W |
| Trace Ridge | Bell | 2,093 ft (638 m) | 36°39′55″N 83°44′24″W |
| Cow Knob | Pike | 2,090 ft (637 m) | 37°32′13″N 82°14′20″W |
| The Three Knobs | Bell | 2,090 ft (637 m) | 36°53′06″N 83°38′09″W |
| Angel Mountain | McCreary | 2,087 ft (636 m) | 36°36′07″N 84°17′25″W |
| Card Mountain | Pike | 2,087 ft (636 m) | 37°22′02″N 82°16′46″W |
| Hampton Ridge | Bell | 2,087 ft (636 m) | 36°49′09″N 83°34′12″W |
| Bobs Spur | Harlan | 2,083 ft (635 m) | 36°46′17″N 83°16′28″W |
| Beaver Ridge | Pike | 2,077 ft (633 m) | 37°20′36″N 82°17′19″W |
| Gamblers Rock | Letcher | 2,073 ft (632 m) | 37°14′30″N 82°42′00″W |
| Pumpkin Knob | Bell | 2,073 ft (632 m) | 36°52′13″N 83°31′41″W |
| Log Mountains | Bell | 2,070 ft (631 m) | 36°37′28″N 83°49′39″W |
| Fate Lee Mountain | Whitley | 2,057 ft (627 m) | 36°38′01″N 84°14′47″W |
| Stephens Knob | McCreary | 2,057 ft (627 m) | 36°37′00″N 84°20′08″W |
| Silk Knob | Pike | 2,051 ft (625 m) | 37°32′58″N 82°14′22″W |
| Blackberry Mountain | Pike | 2,011 ft (613 m) | 37°34′45″N 82°12′31″W |
| Brushy Mountain | Whitley | 2,008 ft (612 m) | 36°41′30″N 83°54′12″W |
| Bon Jellico Mountain | Whitley | 2,005 ft (611 m) | 36°42′49″N 84°13′15″W |
| Boone Mountain | Pike | 2,005 ft (611 m) | 37°14′28″N 82°41′27″W |
| Patterson Mountain | Whitley | 2,005 ft (611 m) | 36°39′35″N 84°05′17″W |
| Round Mountain | Whitley | 2,005 ft (611 m) | 36°40′14″N 83°56′25″W |