| High Country | modern name applied to NW North Carolina, especially area around Boone and Blowing Rock, to promote tourism. |
| High Falls | in Little River in E Transylvania County S of the mouth of Grassy Creek. Height of the falls is 50 ft. |
| High Falls | N Transylvania County in South Fork Mills River. Height of the falls is 30 ft. |
| High Falls | SE Transylvania County in Little River near Cedar Mountain. Height of the falls is 75 ft. |
| High Falls | in Horsepasture River in SW Transylvania County between Drift Falls and Stairway Falls. Height is 150 ft. |
| High Falls | community in N Moore County on Deep River. William England built a mill there about 1790. Originally known as The Great Falls and The Big Falls for a 15 ft. waterfall in the river. The community of Prosperity, approx. 1 mi. e, was settled about 1862, but by 1941 it had been almost completely abandoned in favor of High Falls. Prosperity was named for the fact that it was in the center of a prosperous farming section. |
| High Falls of the Tuckasegee | See Tuckasegee Falls. |
| High Hampton Estate | SE Jackson County on the W edge of Hampton Lake. Estate named for Gen. Wade Hampton, Confederate officer and governor of South Carolina, who had a home there. It is now a private recreation area and resort, High Hampton Inn. Alt. 3,524. |
| High Hickory Knob | SE Buncombe County between Patton Gap and Flat Top in the Swannanoa Mountains. |
| High Hickory Ridge | SE Buncombe County N of High Hickory Knob. |