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Brush Creek Mountain

Brush Creek Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brush Creek Mountain rises to 842 m in Tennessee. Bluff Mountain stands 1,430 m to the south-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Houston Valley Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 1.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31664043, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
842 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.94788, -82.96126

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Buffalo Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Cross Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Sawyer Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Sawyer Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Cross Mountain: 2.7 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Cliffs: 14
Historic sites: 10
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 8.2 mi
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 12.2 mi
  • McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 16.4 mi
  • Valentine Sevier Home: 16.4 mi
Springs: 7
Museums: 7
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 16.4 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 16.4 mi
  • Doak House Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 22.2 mi
  • Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 5.0 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
  • Overlook Access: 6.7 mi
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 13.7 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 15.1 mi
  • Forbidden Caverns: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Brush Creek Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff MountainSSE 157°1,430 m8.0 mi
Max Patch MountainS 179°1,407 m10.4 mi
Tennessee BluffSSE 161°1,406 m7.8 mi
Rich MountainS 175°1,311 m8.9 mi
Laurel MountainS 187°1,311 m8.9 mi
Round MountainS 179°1,290 m6.8 mi
Walnut MountainS 170°1,276 m7.7 mi
Brushy MountainS 173°1,226 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1620:1420:52
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3916:4217:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384249576673767670594842
Precip in3.73.34.03.84.55.24.74.93.42.42.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356790576

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