Brushy Butt
Brushy Butt rises to 1,084 m in Virginia. Wilburn Ridge stands 1,689 m to the southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Ridge, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49015809, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,084 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 22.8 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 23 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 25 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 26 mi
- Air Bellows Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Ridge: 0.6 mi
- Straight Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Dickey Knob: 1.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Sells Knob: 3.2 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 8.8 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Ashe County Park: 21.8 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 22.0 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 18.7 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 20.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 21.7 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 8.7 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 21.8 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 21.9 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 22.9 mi
- Alleghany Historical Museum: 22.9 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 10.1 mi
- Listening Rock: 10.7 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 22.6 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 22.9 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 24.8 mi
- Big Spring: 13.4 mi
- Brig Spring: 19.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 20.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.5 mi
- Sharon Springs: 22.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 21.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 23.1 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Wooly: 21.9 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 22.7 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 22.3 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 22.9 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 22.7 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Brushy Butt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilburn Ridge | SW 224° | 1,689 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SW 226° | 1,684 m | 9.1 mi |
| Grave Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,540 m | 9.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SW 217° | 1,503 m | 6.7 mi |
| Third Peak | SSW 213° | 1,502 m | 6.4 mi |
| Second Peak | SSW 209° | 1,476 m | 6.5 mi |
| First Peak | SSW 203° | 1,405 m | 6.9 mi |
| Double Top | WSW 251° | 1,382 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:33 | 17:14 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK Creek 4ssw, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499173 — Brushy Butt, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586590
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