| Graingers | town in NE Lenoir County. Alt. 74. Inc. 1925. Named for Jesse Grainger, on whose plantation it developed after a railroad station was est. there. |
| Grampian Hills | a range of hills about 3 mi. long in S Orange County running SW and ne. Named for the Grampian Hills, natural boundary between Scottish Highlands and Scottish Lowlands in Scotland. |
| Granburys Crossroads | See Roxobel. |
| Grand View | community in E Watauga County S of Laxon Creek. |
| Grandfather | community in SW Watauga County on Watauga River. |
| Grandfather Mountain | at junction of Avery, Caldwell, and Watauga Counties. Alt. 5,964. Tourist attraction formerly owned by Morton family and sold to state in 2008. "Mile High Swinging Bridge" connects two peaks. Annual "Singing on the Mountain" and "Gathering of the Scottish Clans" are held. Named for the fact that, when viewed from a distance, the outline of the mountain against the sky suggests the profile of an old man. Highest point in the Blue Ridge. Called Tanawha by the Cherokee Indians, meaning "a fabulous hawk or eagle." |
| Grandin | former town in NE Caldwell County. Inc. 1913 on the lands of the Grandin Lumber Co. Long inactive in municipal affairs and now abandoned. |
| Grandmother Creek | rises in E central Avery County near Grandmother Gap and flows SW into Linville River. |
| Grandmother Gap | E Avery County. |
| Grandmother Mountain | E Avery County. Alt. 4,696. |