Brown Hill
Brown Hill rises to 556 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Haw Patch Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 556 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Smart View Overlook · 10 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 11 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 12 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haw Patch Hill: 2.2 mi
- Beech Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Thornton Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Cooks Knob: 5.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Jamison Mill Park: 3.1 mi
- Horseshoe Point Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Salthouse Branch Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Twin Ridge Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Ryans Branch Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 7.7 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.6 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 21.5 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 3.2 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 7.7 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 15.9 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 16.6 mi
- Caboose: 17.1 mi
- White Falls: 7.3 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 18.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 18.7 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Calico Rock: 4.6 mi
- Cracker Point: 9.7 mi
- One Clear View: 16.2 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 19.8 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Spring Well #25: 10.9 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Brush: 18.9 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Brown Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | N 2° | 1,083 m | 16.6 mi |
| Rocky Knob | WSW 257° | 1,080 m | 18.0 mi |
| Grassy Knoll | WSW 254° | 1,049 m | 19.3 mi |
| Pocket Ridge | W 267° | 985 m | 12.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | W 264° | 983 m | 18.0 mi |
| Tinsley Knob | WSW 251° | 981 m | 18.3 mi |
| Richwood Knob | SW 221° | 977 m | 16.9 mi |
| Bull Mountain | SW 221° | 977 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Philpott DAM 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583300
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- Roanoke · 28 mi
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