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Looking Glass Rock

Looking Glass Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Looking Glass Rock rises to 1,209 m in North Carolina. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Tranquility Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States

Wikidata Q6675329, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1209 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.30372, -82.79346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Tranquility Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Upper Rockhouse Creek Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Sliding Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Middle Rockhouse Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Transylvania Falls: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Cradle of Forestry in America: 3.3 mi
  • City of Brevard Sports Complex: 5.8 mi
  • Franklin Park: 6.3 mi
  • Silvermont Mansion Park: 6.3 mi
  • Champion Park: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • Camp John Rock: 1.3 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 6.3 mi
  • Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 8.0 mi
  • Ferin Fire Tower: 12.7 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Brevard Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Plants of Promise Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Native Azalea Garden: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Berm Park: 15.8 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 18.6 mi
  • Statue of Diana: 21.4 mi
  • Chalice: 21.7 mi
  • American Eclipse: 21.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 3.4 mi
  • M1: 6.0 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 15.5 mi
  • Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 16.1 mi
  • Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 15
  • Cradle of Forestry: 3.4 mi
  • Transylvania Heritage Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Historic Johnson Farm: 16.4 mi
  • Shook Museum: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 24.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Lenox Spring: 18.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 11.6 mi
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Looking Glass Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Balsam KnobWNW 290°1,890 m4.9 mi
Tennent MountainWNW 298°1,846 m4.8 mi
Grassy Cove TopNW 308°1,844 m5.0 mi
Sam KnobWNW 287°1,844 m6.0 mi
Shining RockNW 319°1,829 m5.9 mi
Silvermine BaldW 274°1,822 m5.1 mi
Chestnut BaldW 272°1,821 m5.4 mi
Flower KnobNW 314°1,795 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1820:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3716:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737266564639
Precip in7.05.45.95.85.66.86.37.66.16.15.97.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1013190 — Looking Glass Rock, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357802480

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