Brush Mountain
Brush Mountain rises to 1,218 m in Tennessee. Huckleberry Knob stands 1,696 m to the southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ikes Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31427057, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1218 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 3 mi
- Whig Cove · 4 mi
- Haw Knob · 4 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ikes Peak: 0.8 mi
- Ikes Peak: 0.8 mi
- Strawberry Knob: 1.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Rock: 2.2 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 2.3 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 1.8 mi
- Violet Falls: 3.1 mi
- Sand Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Upper Cold Branch Falls: 3.4 mi
- Lower Cold Branch Falls: 3.6 mi
- Fall Branch Scenic Area: 2.0 mi
- Swan Cabin: 2.6 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 6.5 mi
- Tree of Shame: 9.5 mi
- Greenback Castle: 18.3 mi
- All Nations Cross: 20.6 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 21.0 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 12.9 mi
- Chota Monument: 13.3 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Morton Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Morton Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 13.9 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 13.9 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 14.2 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 17.1 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 20.0 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 22.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 23.9 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 23.9 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 23.9 mi
- Calderwood: 9.1 mi
- Proctor: 19.2 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Brush Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Knob | SE 142° | 1,696 m | 4.7 mi |
| Haw Knob | SSE 167° | 1,662 m | 4.7 mi |
| Hooper Bald | SSE 149° | 1,650 m | 5.6 mi |
| Big Junction | SSE 165° | 1,638 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | SE 136° | 1,636 m | 4.3 mi |
| Laurel Top | SSE 167° | 1,615 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | S 173° | 1,562 m | 4.2 mi |
| Grassy Top | S 175° | 1,514 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
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 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1278692 — Brush Mountain, Monroe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356790591
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