| High Rock Ridge | central Madison County between Brush Creek and Walnut Creek. |
| High Rock Ridge | N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a spur extending W from Welch Ridge between Cold Spring Branch and Hazel Creek. |
| High Rock Wildlife Management Area | on High Rock Lake in SW Davidson County. Operated by state of North Carolina on privately owned land. Principal wildlife are deer, turkey, and quail. |
| High Rocks | peak in N Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Welch Ridge. Alt. 5,188. |
| High Rocks | peak in N Yancey County at the NE end of Chestnut Ridge. |
| High Shoals | community on South Fork Catawba River in N Gaston County. Settled about 1750. Named for high, rocky shoal in the river. Alt. 724. |
| High Shoals | See Cliffside. |
| High Shoals Branch | rises in S Madison County and flows E into Little Pine Creek. |
| High Shoals Township | SE Rutherford County. Named for a series of shoals in Second Broad River. See also Cliffside. |
| High Swan | peak at the N end of Swan Mountain in central Buncombe County. |