| Hanging Dog Creek | rises in N Cherokee County on Hanging Dog Mountain and flows SW into Hiwassee River. It was named because an Indian's hunting dog became hung in a mass of jammed logs and vines in the flooded creek. |
| Hanging Dog Gap | N Cherokee County in the N end of Hanging Dog Mountain. |
| Hanging Dog Mountain | extends from central Cherokee County NE into the Snowbird Mountains in SW Graham County. Named peaks include Buzzard Roost, High Peak, and Rocky Knob. |
| Hanging Rock | on the Avery-Watauga county line at the SW end of Hanging Rock Ridge. Alt. 5,237. Known by the Cherokee Indians as Yonah-wayah (bear's paw). |
| Hanging Rock | E Mitchell County between Hanging Rock Branch and Gouges Creek. |
| Hanging Rock Branch | rises in E Mitchell County and flows SW into Beaver Creek. |
| Hanging Rock Ridge | extends NE from Hanging Rock on the Avery-Watauga county line between Dutch Creek and Watauga River to Townsend Gap in S Watauga County. |
| Hanging Rock State Park | central Stokes County in the Sauratown Mountain range. Named for a natural rock formation. Contains 3,865 acres. Est. 1935. Scenic, recreational; vacation cabins and tent and trailer camping; picnicking, swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, and nature study; lookout tower. See also Cascade Falls; Moores Knob; Tories Den. Appears as Hanging Bluff on the Kerr map, 1882. |
| Hangman Branch | rises in Drowned Bay, SW Brunswick County, and flows S into Calabash Creek. |
| Hangover Creek | rises in W Graham County in Saddle Tree Gap and flows NW into Slickrock Creek. |