Brush Mountain
Brush Mountain rises to 529 m in Virginia. Heard Mountain stands 726 m to the north-northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Appleberry Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015790, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 529 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glass Hollow Overlook · 13 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 14 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 14 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Appleberry Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mount Oliver: 0.9 mi
- Fan Mountains: 2.4 mi
- Shiloh Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Persimmon Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 1.5 mi
- Simpson Park: 6.3 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 7.1 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 9.7 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 11.4 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 13.5 mi
- Mountain Man: 13.8 mi
- Bear Statue: 13.9 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 14.0 mi
- George Welsh: 15.2 mi
- Mirador: 12.2 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 13.4 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 14.3 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 14.4 mi
- Locust Hill: 14.7 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 5.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 10.8 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 11.1 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 12.0 mi
- Fralin Museum of Art: 15.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 11.1 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 11.9 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 13.6 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 15.2 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 14.0 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 14.2 mi
- Student Garden: 15.4 mi
- Keunen Garden: 16.2 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 16.3 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 13.8 mi
- Dripping Rock: 14.1 mi
- Hickory Spring: 15.2 mi
- Coiner Spring: 18.2 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 21.7 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 9.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 20.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 20.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 21.1 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 21.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 10.8 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 15.3 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 16.4 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 20.9 mi
- Apple Cannon: 22.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 13.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 19.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 22.8 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 6.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Canada: 15.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Brush Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heard Mountain | NNW 332° | 726 m | 5.0 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNW 344° | 722 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 230° | 677 m | 8.9 mi |
| Massies Mountain | NW 317° | 657 m | 5.7 mi |
| Naked Mountain | SW 224° | 607 m | 10.8 mi |
| Moses Mountain | NNW 335° | 590 m | 6.0 mi |
| Walnut Top | NW 309° | 572 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | WNW 290° | 571 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560485
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 16 mi
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