| Balls Mountain | S Orange County at the head of Mountain Creek. |
| Balltown | See Bahama. |
| Balm | community in NE Avery County. |
| Balsam | town in NE Jackson County. Inc. in 1951, but not active in municipal affairs. Named for Balsam Mountains. Has highest standard-gauge railroad E of Rocky Mountains. Alt. 3,315. |
| Balsam Branch | rises in NE Swain County and flows SE into Raven Fork. |
| Balsam Cone | See Mount Craig. |
| Balsam Cone | mountain in S Yancey County between the head of Timber Creek and the head of Middle Creek. Alt. 6,611. |
| Balsam Corner | mountain on the Haywood-Swain county line. In Great Smoky Mountains National Park near lat. 35°40'17" N., long. 83°10'55" W., near a sharp bend in the county line, hence the name. Alt. 6,020. |
| Balsam Corner Creek | rises in NE Swain County in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and flows SW into Straight Fork Raven Creek. |
| Balsam Gap | at the head of Richland Creek in W Haywood County. It is the lowest gap in the Balsam Mountain. Through it passed a prominent aboriginal Indian trail; a highway and railroad also pass through it now. Alt. 3,347. |