Brush Mountain
Brush Mountain rises to 943 m in Virginia. Lone Pine Peak stands 1,232 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Audie Murphy Memorial Monument, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Craig County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49015794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 943 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 29.1 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 18 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 19 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Havens State Game Refuge: 6.7 mi
- North Fork Valley Rural Historic District: 7.3 mi
- Wayside Park: 8.4 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 10.1 mi
- Lake Spring Park: 10.1 mi
- Sandstone Ridge: 2.4 mi
- Cove Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Huckleberry Knob: 3.4 mi
- Bear Knob: 4.2 mi
- Texas Knob: 4.5 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 0.3 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 13.0 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Salem Museum: 11.1 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 11.9 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 13.7 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 13.7 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 14.9 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 9.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 13.0 mi
- The Solar Wind: 10.6 mi
- The Rock: 10.6 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 13.7 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 13.8 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 14.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 3.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.6 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 13.8 mi
- Bear Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 4.1 mi
- Keffer Oak: 7.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 8.1 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 14.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 16.9 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 13.6 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 14.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 15.9 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 18.5 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 18.6 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 19.4 mi
- Big Spring: 20.9 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 21.1 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 24.1 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 24.3 mi
- Camp Creek: 17.1 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 17.1 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 20.9 mi
- Middle Cascades: 21.2 mi
- Howrytown: 19.6 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Brush Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Pine Peak | WNW 283° | 1,232 m | 14.8 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,231 m | 14.8 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | NW 326° | 1,186 m | 10.9 mi |
| Kelly Knob | W 268° | 1,141 m | 11.5 mi |
| Poor Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,141 m | 12.1 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | NW 319° | 1,136 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,117 m | 5.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | N 10° | 1,108 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494852 — Brush Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583302
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 17 mi
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