Glendale Springs is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. Glendale Springs is located on North Carolina Highway 16 7.3 miles southeast of Jefferson. Glendale Springs has a post office with ZIP code 28629.The Glendale Springs Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.In the 1990 hit, Days of Thunder, Cole Trickle is first mistaken as being from Glendale Springs when Tim Daland corrects the mistake and clarifies he is instead from Glendale, California.