Brush Mountain
Brush Mountain rises to 1,049 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovingston Springs, a spring 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49015793, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,049 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 24.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 2 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 4 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 7 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Pond Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.3 mi
- The Cardinal: 1.3 mi
- Wigwam Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Nettle Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
- Laurel Park: 11.1 mi
- Penny Park: 11.5 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 12.1 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 12.7 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 14.0 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 15.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 15.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 15.2 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 15.2 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 15.3 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 15.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 15.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 15.6 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 0.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 2.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 3.1 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 3.6 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 4.6 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 5.6 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 15.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 16.1 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 22.8 mi
- Knight Statue: 11.3 mi
- Peristyle: 11.3 mi
- George Washington: 15.2 mi
- The Cannonball: 15.2 mi
- George C. Marshall: 15.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 4.3 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 14.8 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 17.3 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 18.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 9.2 mi
- Panther Falls: 9.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 9.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 15.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 24.5 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 21.6 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 24.2 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 24.7 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 24.7 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 24.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 18.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 17.3 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 9.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Brush Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | NE 39° | 1,232 m | 3.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 223° | 1,232 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pompey Peak | S 190° | 1,229 m | 3.0 mi |
| The Priest | ENE 73° | 1,227 m | 5.4 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,226 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SSW 191° | 1,223 m | 4.0 mi |
| Cole Mountain | SW 220° | 1,197 m | 4.1 mi |
| Little Priest | E 86° | 1,133 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583493
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 26 mi
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