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. The nearest named place is Coontree Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. 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.
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
- 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
- Tranquility Falls: 1.1 mi
- Moore Cove Falls: 1.2 mi
- Upper Moore Cove Falls: 1.2 mi
- Little Moore Cove Falls: 1.2 mi
- Upper Little Moore Cove Falls: 1.3 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 6.7 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 |
| Old Butt Knob | NW 321° | 1,684 m | 6.7 mi |
| Fork River Bald | WNW 283° | 1,683 m | 5.4 mi |
| Fryingpan Mountain | N 357° | 1,621 m | 6.7 mi |
| Beech Knob | N 353° | 1,547 m | 6.3 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/11997911941
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 23 mi
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