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Looking Glass Waterfalls route map
Difficulty: EasyOut and Back
North Carolina

Looking Glass Waterfalls

Brevard, North Carolina

0.3 mi

Distance

43 ft

Elev. Gain

7m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Looking Glass Waterfalls unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:727 ft
Max:736 ft
Gain:13 ft
Loss:13 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 727 ft and 736 ft across 0.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.727 ft730 ft733 ft736 ft0.0 mi0.1 mi0.1 mi0.2 mi0.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi728 ft
High point0.1 mi736 ft
End0.3 mi728 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Brevard, NC · about 3 mi away
County:
Transylvania County, NC

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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