Little Looking Glass Falls
Transylvania County, North Carolina
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Access status
- Roadside pullout; short steep paths
- The walk
- A few hundred feet
- Ground & access
- Makeshift bank paths. Easy to the upper view; steep descent, a wade and wet rock scrambles for the lower sections.
From Brevard drive east on US 64/US 276 to the split and stay left on US 276. Drive north about 8.3 miles to a large pullout on the creek side with a picnic table; NC Waterfalls places it 6.7 miles south of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Facing the creek, take the path that starts left of the farthest south of six boulders. At a short split, right goes to the easy view of the upper section. Left drops very steeply to the creek between the middle and lower sections; wade the creek to see the middle section. The lower section can be seen from its top, but reaching its base is a tough scramble. Waterfall Hero says this falls is also called Little Looking Glass Falls and Mystery Falls; NC Waterfalls calls it Looking Glass Creek F2.
Plan your visit
Pullout with a picnic table on US 276, makeshift paths down to Looking Glass Creek
NC Waterfalls gives a hike distance of a few hundred feet. Waterfall Hero lists 0.2 miles.
Makeshift bank paths. Easy to the upper view; steep descent, a wade and wet rock scrambles for the lower sections.
Where to start
Large pullout on the creek side of US 276 with a picnic table. Published trailhead coordinates: 35.316849, -82.790146.
Timing & water
No closure is mentioned.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned in the sources read. Pisgah National Forest.
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