Looking Glass Falls
Looking Glass Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 716 m. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west-northwest, 6.3 miles off. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
waterfall in Transylvania County, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Wikidata Q6675324, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 18 m
How to reach it
- On the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- On the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 3.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Log Hollow Overlook (MP 416.6) · 4 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Looking Glass Falls: 0.0 mi
- Looking Glass Falls: 0.0 mi
- Tranquility Falls: 1.1 mi
- Moore Cove Falls: 1.2 mi
- Upper Moore Cove Falls: 1.2 mi
- Coontree Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bearpen Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Looking Glass Rock: 1.5 mi
- John Rock: 1.8 mi
- Stony Knob: 1.9 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 3.8 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 4.3 mi
- Franklin Park: 5.1 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 5.1 mi
- Etowah Park: 10.2 mi
- Camp John Rock: 1.5 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 7.7 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 8.2 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 12.5 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 15.5 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 16.2 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 16.4 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 16.5 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 16.5 mi
- Berm Park: 16.4 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 19.8 mi
- Statue of Diana: 20.9 mi
- E. W. Pearson: 22.4 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 22.4 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 3.7 mi
- M1: 4.9 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 15.1 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 15.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 15.4 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 3.8 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 4.6 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 15.2 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 16.8 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 17.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 8.1 mi
- Dunns Rock: 8.4 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 11.8 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 13.7 mi
- High Rocks: 14.0 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 8.5 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 10.8 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 18.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 8.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.1 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 16.5 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 24.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 16.9 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 11.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Looking Glass Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | WNW 290° | 1,890 m | 6.3 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,846 m | 6.3 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NW 304° | 1,844 m | 6.5 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | W 278° | 1,822 m | 6.5 mi |
| Fork River Bald | WNW 283° | 1,683 m | 5.4 mi |
| Beech Knob | N 353° | 1,547 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,546 m | 5.8 mi |
| Seniard Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,534 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 160 | 169 | 178 | 171 | 144 | 112 | 95.2 | 98.7 | 100 | 97.7 | 109 | 138 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Davidson River Near Brevard, NC, 4 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/11997911942
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 23 mi
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