Editing Appalachian Mountains (section)

===Range characteristics===
{{See also|List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains}}
[[File:Appalachian Trail- Totts Gap to Mount Minsi (19) (10355303223).jpg|thumb|The Appalachian Trail at [[Mount Minsi]] in [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania]], in the [[Lehigh Valley]]]]
[[File:Appalachian Mountains from International Space Station.jpg|thumb|The Appalachian Mountains seen from the [[International Space Station]]]]
The Appalachian belt includes the plateaus sloping southward to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[New England]], and southeastward to the border of the [[coastal plain]] through the central and southern Atlantic states; and on the northwest, the Allegheny and Cumberland plateaus declining toward the Great Lakes and the interior plains. A remarkable feature of the belt is the longitudinal chain of broad valleys, including the [[Great Appalachian Valley]], which in the southerly sections divides the mountain system into two unequal portions, but in the northernmost lies west of all the ranges possessing typical Appalachian features, and separates them from the Adirondack group. The mountain system has no axis of dominating altitudes, but in every portion, the summits rise to rather uniform heights, and, especially in the central section, the various ridges and intermontane valleys have the same trend as the system itself. None of the summits reaches the region of perpetual snow.<ref name="EB1911" />

In [[Pennsylvania]], there are over sixty summits that rise over {{convert|2500|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}; the summits of [[Mount Davis (Pennsylvania)|Mount Davis]] and [[Blue Knob (Pennsylvania)|Blue Knob]] rise over {{convert|3000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}. In Maryland, Eagle Rock and [[Dans Mountain]] are conspicuous points reaching {{convert|3162|and|2882|ft|m|abbr=on}} respectively. On the same side of the Great Valley, south of the Potomac, are the Pinnacle {{convert|3007|ft}} and Pidgeon Roost {{convert|3400|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="EB1911" /> In West Virginia, more than 150 peaks rise above {{convert|4000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}, including [[Spruce Mountain (West Virginia)|Spruce Knob]] {{convert|4863|ft|abbr=on}}, the highest point in the [[Allegheny Mountains]]. A number of other points in the state rise above {{convert|4800|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}. [[Cheat Mountain]] ([[Snowshoe Mountain]]) at Thorny Flat {{convert|4848|ft|abbr=on}} and [[Bald Knob]] {{convert|4842|ft|abbr=on}} are among the more notable peaks in West Virginia.

The [[Blue Ridge Mountains]], rising in southern Pennsylvania and there known as [[South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)|South Mountain]], attain elevations of about {{convert|2000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}} in Pennsylvania. South Mountain achieves its highest point just below the [[Mason-Dixon]] line in [[Maryland]] at [[Quirauk Mountain]] {{convert|2145|ft|abbr=on}} and then diminishes in height southward to the [[Potomac River]]. Once in [[Virginia]], the Blue Ridge again reaches {{convert|2000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}} and higher. In the Virginia Blue Ridge, the following are some of the highest peaks north of the [[Roanoke River]]: Stony Man {{convert|4031|ft|abbr=on}}, [[Hawksbill Mountain]] {{convert|4066|ft|abbr=on}}, [[Apple Orchard Mountain]] {{convert|4225|ft|abbr=on}} and [[Peaks of Otter]] {{convert|4001|and|3875|ft|abbr=on}}. South of the Roanoke River, along the Blue Ridge, are Virginia's highest peaks including [[Whitetop Mountain]] {{convert|5520|ft|abbr=on}} and [[Mount Rogers (Virginia)|Mount Rogers]] {{convert|5729|ft|abbr=on}}, the highest point in the Commonwealth.

Chief summits in the southern section of the Blue Ridge are located along two main crests, the Western or Unaka Front along the [[Tennessee]]-[[North Carolina]] border and the Eastern Front in North Carolina, or one of several "cross ridges" between the two main crests. Major subranges of the Eastern Front include the [[Black Mountains (North Carolina)|Black Mountains]], [[Great Craggy Mountains]], and [[Great Balsam Mountains]], and its chief summits include [[Grandfather Mountain]] {{convert|5964|ft|m|abbr=on}} near the Tennessee-North Carolina border, [[Mount Mitchell]] {{convert|6684|ft|m|abbr=on}} in the Blacks, and [[Black Balsam Knob]] {{convert|6214|ft|m|abbr=on}} and [[Cold Mountain (North Carolina)|Cold Mountain]] {{convert|6030|ft|m|abbr=on}} in the Great Balsams. The Western Blue Ridge Front is subdivided into the [[Unaka Range]], the [[Bald Mountains]], the [[Great Smoky Mountains]], and the [[Unicoi Mountains]], and its major peaks include [[Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands)|Roan Mountain]] {{convert|6285|ft|m|abbr=on}} in the Unakas, Big Bald {{convert|5516|ft|m|abbr=on}} and [[Max Patch]] {{convert|4616|ft|m|abbr=on}} in the Bald Mountains, [[Kuwohi]] {{convert|6643|ft|m|abbr=on}}, [[Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)|Mount Le Conte]] {{convert|6593|ft|m}}, and [[Mount Guyot (Great Smoky Mountains)|Mount Guyot]] {{convert|6621|ft|m|abbr=on}} in the Great Smokies, and [[Big Frog Mountain]] {{convert|4224|ft|m|abbr=on}} near the Tennessee-[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]-North Carolina border. Prominent summits in the cross ridges include [[Waterrock Knob]] ({{convert|6292|ft|m|abbr=on}}) in the [[Plott Balsams]]. Across northern Georgia, numerous peaks exceed {{convert|4000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on}}, including [[Brasstown Bald]], the state's highest, at {{convert|4784|and|4696|ft|m|adj=on|abbr=on}} [[Rabun Bald]]. In north-central [[Alabama]], [[Mount Cheaha]] rises prominently to {{convert|1445|ft|m}} over its surroundings, as part of the southernmost spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Highest Peaks in each U.S. state and Canadian province in the Appalachian Mountains
!State or Province 
!Country 
!Physiographic Area 
!Highest Peak !! Elev. (feet)
!Elev. (meters)!! Geographic Coordinates
|-
| Alabama || USA|| Appalachian Plateau||[[Cheaha Mountain]] ||align="right" | 2,407 || align="right"|734 || 33.4869° N 85.8091° W
|-
| Georgia || USA|| Blue Ridge || [[Brasstown Bald]] || align="right" | 4,784 ||align="right" | 1,457 || 34.8745° N 83.8063° W
|-
| Kentucky || USA||Appalachian Plateau|| [[Black Mountain (Kentucky)|Black Mountain]] || align="right" | 4,145 || align="right"| 1,263 || 36.9022° N 82.9144° W
|-
| Maine || USA ||New England|| [[Mount Katahdin]] || align="right" | 5,269 ||align="right" | 1,606 || 45.9046° N 68.9216° W
|-
| Maryland ||USA|| Appalachian Plateau|| [[Backbone Mountain]] ||align="right" | 3,360 || align="right" | 1,024 || 39.4049° N 79.2911° W
|-
|Massachusetts
|USA
|New England
|[[Mount Greylock]]
|align="right"|3,489
|align="right"|1,063
|42.3813° N 73.0957° W
|-
| New Brunswick || Canada || Chaleur Uplands|| [[Mount Carleton]] ||align="right" | 2,690  || align="right" | 820 ||    47.2241° N 66.5233 ° W
|-
| Newfoundland ||Canada||Newfoundland|| [[The Cabox]] ||align="right" | 2,664 || align="right" | 812 || 48.4959° N 58.2903° W
|-
| New Hampshire ||USA|| New England || [[Mount Washington]] ||align="right" | 6,288 || align="right" | 1,917 || 44.1614° N 71.1811° W
|-
| New Jersey ||USA|| Valley and Ridge || [[High Point (New Jersey)|High Point]] ||align="right" | 1,804 || align="right" | 550|| 41.3206° N 74.6616° W
|-
| New York|| USA || Adirondacks|| [[Mount Marcy]]|| align="right" |  5,344 || align="right" |  1,629 || 44.1126° N 73.9235° W
|-
| North Carolina ||USA|| Blue Ridge|| [[Mount Mitchell]] ||align="right" | 6,684 || align="right" | 2,037 || 35.7658° N 82.2655° W
|-
| Nova Scotia || Canada|| Nova Scotia Highlands ||  [[White Hill (Nova Scotia)|White Hill]] || align="right" | 1,755 || align="right" |  535 ||  46.7555° N 60.6350° W
|-
| Ohio || USA|| Appalachian Plateau || [[Campbell Hill (Ohio)|Campbell Hill]] ||align="right" | 1,549 || align="right" | 472 || 40.3888° N 83.6381° W
|-
| Pennsylvania || USA|| Appalachian Plateau|| [[Mount Davis (Pennsylvania)|Mount Davis]] ||align="right" | 3,213 ||  align="right"| 979 || 39.7866° N 79.1751° W
|-
| Quebec || Canada || [[Notre Dame Mountains]] || [[Mont Jacques-Cartier]] || align="right" | 4,160 || align="right" | 1,268 || 48.9906° N 65.9425° W
|-
| South Carolina ||USA|| Blue Ridge|| [[Sassafras Mountain]] ||align="right" | 3,553 || align="right" | 1,083 || 35.0632° N 82.3062° W
|-
| Tennessee || USA|| Blue Ridge || [[Kuwohi]] ||align="right" | 6,643 || align="right" | 2,025 || 35.5625° N 83.4989° W
|-
| Vermont || USA || Green Mountains || [[Mount Mansfield]] || align="right" | 4,395 || align="right" | 1,340 ||  44.5439° N 72.8143° W
|-
| Virginia ||USA|| Blue Ridge|| [[Mount Rogers]] ||align="right" | 5,729 || align="right" | 1,746 || 36.6586° N 81.5438° W
|-
| West Virginia ||USA || Appalachian Plateau|| [[Spruce Mountain (West Virginia)|Spruce Knob]] ||align="right" | 4,863 || align="right" | 1,482 || 38.6992° N 79.5327° W
|}