| Glassy Rock Creek | rises in S Jackson County and flows S into Webb Lake. |
| Glassy Rock Mountain | on the SE end of Glassy Rock Ridge, S Jackson County. Alt. approx. 4,500. |
| Glassy Rock Ridge | S Jackson County between Rattlesnake Knob and Glassy Rock Mountain. |
| Glen Alpine | town in SW Burke County. Inc. 1883. Alt. 1,206. First known as Turkey Tail because of an old tree root that resembled a turkey's tail. Later called Sigmonsburg for a local storekeeper, and finally given its present name when the railroad was built. |
| Glen Ayre | community in E Mitchell County on Little Green Creek. A late nineteenth-century post office there was known as Little Rock Creek. |
| Glen Brook | community in NE Montgomery County served by post office, 1880-1906. |
| Glen Burnie Falls | on New Years Creek, W edge of town of Blowing Rock in S Watauga County. Height 75 ft. Part of Blowing Rock recreation area since 1906. |
| Glen Cove | the valley through which Glen Cove Branch flows in SE Buncombe County. |
| Glen Cove Branch | rises in SE Buncombe County and flows NW into Swannanoa River. |
| Glen Falls | on East Fork Overflow Creek in SE Macon County. Water drops about 75 ft. |