North Carolina
Glassmine Falls
16 mi from Asheville · ~25 min drive
No height recorded
Glassmine Falls is a named waterfall in North Carolina — about 16 miles from Asheville, NC. Full visit details below.
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city
- Asheville, NC · 16 mi · ~25 min drive
- Elevation
- 17,060 ft (5200 m)
- Coordinates
- 35.7354°, -82.3313°
From Wikipedia: 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. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Glassmine Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Glassmine Falls
The exact location is at 35.7354°, -82.3313° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Asheville, NC — 16 miles away (~25 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Glassmine Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.