Browns Mountain
Browns Mountain rises to 490 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the west, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 490 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacles Overlook · 5 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 6 mi
- Thorofare Mtn Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Hill: 1.0 mi
- Chancellor Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Hot Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Jobbers Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 5.8 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 8.1 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 10.9 mi
- Madison Wayside: 11.2 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 11.7 mi
- CCC Camp: 10.3 mi
- Five Tents: 10.8 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 12.0 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 12.5 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 12.6 mi
- Cave Falls: 4.3 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 5.5 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 5.6 mi
- Old School House Museum: 12.5 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 12.5 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 13.4 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 13.7 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 13.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 7.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.3 mi
- Davids Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 10.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 5.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 15.3 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 12.5 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 12.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 13.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 13.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 13.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 12.2 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Love: 13.6 mi
- LOVE: 15.7 mi
- Lions Glasses: 15.7 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 23.8 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 24.1 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.7 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.4 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.5 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Browns Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | W 259° | 1,232 m | 7.6 mi |
| Stony Man | WNW 283° | 1,220 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bushytop | W 278° | 1,142 m | 7.1 mi |
| Spitler Hill | WSW 251° | 1,138 m | 7.7 mi |
| Nakedtop | W 261° | 1,138 m | 8.2 mi |
| Betty's Rock | W 265° | 1,131 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Stony Man | WNW 286° | 1,110 m | 6.3 mi |
| Crescent Rock | W 261° | 1,086 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sperryville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560479
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 12 mi
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