| Rocky Top | on the Cherokee County, N.C.-Monroe County, Tenn., line. |
| Rocky Top | on the Swain County, N.C.-Blount County, Tenn., line in Great Smoky Mountains National Park between Mount Squires and Thunderhead Mountain. |
| Rockyface Mountain | on the Jackson-Transylvania county line between Bald Rock and Bald Knob. Part of Tennessee Ridge. Alt. approx. 4,700. |
| Rockyface Mountain | S Macon County between Lee Creek and Jones Creek. Alt. approx. 4,500. |
| Rockyhock | community in central Chowan County. Alt. 28. For a possible origin of the name, see Rockyhock Creek. |
| Rockyhock Creek | rises in central Chowan County and flows SW into Chowan River. Appears as Rakahak on the Ogilby map, 1671, and as Rockyhock on the Moseley map, 1733. Name may be derived from an Indian village, Ricahokene, on the E side of Perquimans River at Albemarle Sound. It may have meant "where combs [rakes?] are made." |
| Rockyknob Mountain | W Yancey County between Dryspring Branch and Slickrock Mountain. |
| Rocquis Creek | See Roquist Creek. |
| Rod | community in E Iredell County served by post office, 1899-1905. |
| Rodanthe | community in E Dare County on Hatteras Island. Formerly known as North Rodanthe. A post office there operated as Chicamacomico until 1874, when it took present name. |