Glassmine Falls
Glassmine Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,442 m. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the east-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackstock Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Glassmine Falls is an ephemeral waterfall in Buncombe County, North Carolina, on Glassmine Branch, near Barnardsville, NC. It is located below the Blue Ridge Parkway around milepost 362.
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Wikidata Q38054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5,200 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.9 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 13.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Welsh Field: 6.5 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 7.8 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 7.9 mi
- Town Square: 8.1 mi
- Youth Center Park: 8.2 mi
- Blackstock Knob: 0.8 mi
- Walker Knob: 0.9 mi
- Locust Knob: 1.2 mi
- Patton Knob: 1.5 mi
- Bullhead Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Walker Falls: 1.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cascades Falls: 2.7 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 3.9 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 4.9 mi
- Tennis Court: 8.4 mi
- Spring House: 8.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 8.4 mi
- Potato House: 8.4 mi
- Tool Shed: 8.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.6 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 10.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 10.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.9 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 7.5 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 10.2 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 15.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 11.2 mi
- Friends: 12.6 mi
- Stream: 12.6 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 12.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 4.3 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 8.3 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.3 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 12.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 3.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 3.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 3.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 14.5 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 18.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 3.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 4.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 8.6 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.1 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Glassmine Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | ENE 61° | 2,038 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Craig | NE 53° | 2,023 m | 4.9 mi |
| Balsam Cone | NE 48° | 2,007 m | 5.6 mi |
| Big Tom | NE 53° | 2,002 m | 5.0 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | E 90° | 1,981 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | E 85° | 1,971 m | 2.6 mi |
| Potato Knob | E 100° | 1,946 m | 2.3 mi |
| Hallback | ENE 73° | 1,923 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May, Sep — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 57.1 | 56.0 | 60.0 | 56.3 | 52.7 | 33.0 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 47.4 | 30.3 | 35.3 | 49.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork Swannanoa River Near Walkertown, NC, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/550611334
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- Asheville · 17 mi
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