Looking Glass Rock is a celebrity of sorts on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a bald, exposed rock face visible from the parkway but only accessible to those hardy enough to climb there. Located in Pisgah National Forest, the rock rises 1,700 feet from the valley floor. The trail to the top winds through flowering rhododendrons and dense forest and is well marked and accessible all year long. If you can, make the climb in all seasons, as each month the forest reveals a different piece of itself.