| Gladys Branch | rises in central Transylvania County and flows SW into Spanish Oak Branch. |
| Gladys Fork Gap | at the head of Fletcher Creek in NW Henderson County. |
| Glasgow County | formed in 1791 from Dobbs County, was named in honor of James Glasgow, secretary of state of North Carolina, 1777-98. The name was changed to Greene, which see, in 1799 when Glasgow was convicted of land fraud. Glasgow died in Tennessee in 1820. |
| Glass | community in N Cabarrus County. Named for Peter Glass, an early German settler. |
| Glass Rock Knob | on the McDowell-Yancey county line. |
| Glassmine Branch | rises in NE Buncombe County and flows SW into North Fork [Swannanoa River]. |
| Glassmine Gap | on Little Bald Mountain, SW Macon County. |
| Glassmine Mountain | W Transylvania County between Lamance and Beasley Creeks. Named for the fact that isinglass (mica) was mined in the vicinity. |
| Glassmine Ridge | NE Buncombe County between Sugarhouse Cove and Corner Rock Creek. |
| Glassy Rock | mountain in SE Henderson County overlooking Flat Rock community. According to legend, renegades hid there during the Civil War, and money and other valuables that they concealed in the caves there were later found. Trail from Connemara, the Carl Sandburg house, leads to the overlook. |