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Cumberland Plateau

Range Type	Highland or plateau
Highest Point	Hinch Mountain (3048 ft/929 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Kentucky (43%), Alabama (28%), Tennessee (26%), Mississippi (2%), Georgia (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	78,672 sq mi / 203,762 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	471 mi / 758 km North-South 353 mi / 569 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	35° 44' N; 85° 25' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Cumberland Plateau
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Cumberland Plateau.

Appalachian Plateaus	Level 3 (Parent)
Allegheny Plateau	Level 4 (Sibling)
Catskill Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Allegheny Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Cumberland Plateau	Level 4
Northern Cumberland Plateau	Level 5 (Child)
Central Cumberland Plateau	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Cumberland Plateau	Level 5 (Child)
Walden Ridge	Level 5 (Child)
Far Southern Appalachian Plateaus	Level 5 (Child)
Cumberland Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Cumberland Plateau

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Hinch Mountain	3048	929	Walden Ridge
2.	Dorton Knob	2980+	908+	Walden Ridge
3.	Bear Den Mountain	2920+	890+	Walden Ridge
4.	Brady Mountain	2920+	890+	Walden Ridge
5.	Black Mountain	2828	862	Walden Ridge
6.	Luper Mountain	2740+	835+	Walden Ridge
7.	Holloway Ridge	2680+	817+	Walden Ridge
8.	Haley Mountain	2660+	811+	Walden Ridge
9.	Hatfield Mountain	2600+	792+	Walden Ridge
10.	Worthington Knob Lookout Tower	2554+	778+	Walden Ridge
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Hinch Mountain	3048	929	Walden Ridge
2.	Lookout Mountain - High Point	2392	729	Far Southern Appalachian Plateaus
3.	Lockhart Lookout Tower	2382	726	Southern Cumberland Plateau
4.	Bent Mountain	1840+	561+	Northern Cumberland Plateau
5.	Green River Knob	1789	545	Central Cumberland Plateau

Photos of Peaks in the Cumberland Plateau

Hinch Mountain Hinch Mountain summit area and locked FAA fence (2009-07-27). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Lookout Mountain Witness BM near the top of Lookout Mtn (2016-10-23). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info
Indian Fort Mountain - East Pinnacle One of the nice overlooks at the top of East Pinnacle (2015-04-29). Photo by William Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pilot Knob Benchmark on the summit (2019-11-02). Photo by Chris Chaney. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tater Knob Turkey vulture seen from overlook atop Tater Knob. (2022-04-28). Photo by Chris L. Click here for larger-size photo.	Last Stand Hill Last Stand Hill, probable high ground at Mill Springs Nat Mon. Looking SSE from nearby road. 1,144' (2019-04-15). Photo by Dave Covill. Click here for larger-size photo.
Camp Nelson National Monument High Point White House at Camp Nelson, standing on high ground facing SE, away from frontage road. (2019-04-15). Photo by Dave Covill. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pilot Rock - West Slope The northward view from the highest point in Christian County, KY. You guessed it = it's a "liner"! (2016-03-12). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.
Woodall Mountain summit boulder at Woodall Mountain placed by the Highpointer Association (2011-06-10). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.	Montgomery County High Point one of the high points for Montgomery county TN, permanent resident is Theadore Reynolds and he's been there since 1944 (2009-12-13). Photo by Tom Owen. Click here for larger-size photo.

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