Brown Mountain
Brown Mountain rises to 758 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlie Taylor Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 758 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Overlook · 2 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Charlie Taylor Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.3 mi
- Fletcher Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Park: 4.3 mi
- Penny Park: 4.9 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 5.5 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 7.2 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 10.0 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 6.7 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 10.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 10.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Knight Statue: 4.8 mi
- Peristyle: 4.8 mi
- George Washington: 10.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.3 mi
- George C. Marshall: 10.3 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 10.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 10.4 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 10.4 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 10.5 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 7.1 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 10.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 13.0 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 15.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 15.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 3.1 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 3.9 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.5 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 7.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.3 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 19.9 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 20.7 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 21.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 22.3 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 22.5 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 4.3 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 15.9 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
- Lake Robertson: 19.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.2 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 16.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.5 mi
- Lace Falls: 17.2 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 20.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Brown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 73° | 1,232 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pompey Peak | ENE 73° | 1,229 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 82° | 1,223 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,197 m | 3.5 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,061 m | 4.2 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NE 52° | 1,049 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 80° | 1,034 m | 4.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,025 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1492641 — Brown Mountain, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581746
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 23 mi
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