Glassmine Falls
North Carolina · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Glassmine Falls is light today (16 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
15.7 cfs
NORTH FORK SWANNANOA RIVER · 32m ago
Overnight
60°F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
72°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:12 AM · Sunset 8:45 PM · 14h 33m
Snapshot built 9m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GSP.
Glassmine Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
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.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 0344894205 · 3.4 mi away
NORTH FORK SWANNANOA RIVER NEAR WALKERTOWN, NC
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 24.6 cfs · 69% of last year — significantly drier
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 23 | 5.2 | 11 |
| Feb | 44 | 28 | 4.8 | 6.2 |
| Mar | 51 | 33 | 4.9 | 2.6 |
| Apr | 55 | 38 | 4 | 2.8 |
| May | 62 | 47 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 69 | 54 | 4 | 0 |
| Jul | 74 | 59 | 5.7 | 0 |
| Aug | 72 | 58 | 5.8 | 0 |
| Sep | 66 | 52 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Oct | 59 | 43 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 49 | 34 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| Dec | 43 | 27 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glassmine Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Walker Falls | 2 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Blue Sea Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Douglas Falls | 3 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Cascades Falls | 3 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
| Douglas Falk | 3 mi | — | — | Y | Free |
Questions visitors ask about Glassmine Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Glassmine Falls from a major city?
Glassmine Falls is 6 miles from Montreat (about 9 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
35.7354, -82.3313
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassmine_Falls
Wikidata (Q38054)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38054
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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