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Brush Mountain

Brush Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.86570, -78.69641

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 33
  • 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
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 13
Gardens: 13
Springs: 8
Beaches: 7
  • 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
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Shamokin Falls: 13.7 mi
  • White Rock Falls: 19.7 mi
  • St. Mary's Falls: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Nelson County Wayside: 6.7 mi
  • Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Heard MountainNNW 332°726 m5.0 mi
Castle RockNNW 344°722 m6.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 230°677 m8.9 mi
Massies MountainNW 317°657 m5.7 mi
Naked MountainSW 224°607 m10.8 mi
Moses MountainNNW 335°590 m6.0 mi
Walnut TopNW 309°572 m3.1 mi
Pilot MountainWNW 290°571 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5420:0220:41
September equinox07:0318:3919:14
December solstice07:2816:1917:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946576574787669594940
Precip in3.43.04.03.54.64.74.84.05.23.93.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlottesville 2W, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356560485

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