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Brushy Butt

Brushy Butt, seen from above at true elevation

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
1084 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.74845, -81.40344

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 17
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Museums: 5
  • 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
Attractions: 5
Springs: 5
Historic sites: 3
  • AT2020: 22.3 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 22.3 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Wooly: 21.9 mi
  • Newman Basket Company: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilburn RidgeSW 224°1,689 m9.2 mi
Pine MountainSW 226°1,684 m9.1 mi
Grave MountainWSW 248°1,540 m9.5 mi
Stone MountainSW 217°1,503 m6.7 mi
Third PeakSSW 213°1,502 m6.4 mi
Second PeakSSW 209°1,476 m6.5 mi
First PeakSSW 203°1,405 m6.9 mi
Double TopWSW 251°1,382 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:0820:1020:49
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3516:3317:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542516167716964534436

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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