Brushy Knob
Brushy Knob rises to 838 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kettlefield Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31514019, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 838 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 17.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 22.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 24.2 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Kettlefield Knob: 0.8 mi
- Wilfong Knob: 1.0 mi
- Bobs Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.5 mi
- Tea Knob: 1.5 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 3.8 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 6.2 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Ruddle Park: 11.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 9.1 mi
- Locust Spring: 12.1 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 14.3 mi
- Maple Spring: 16.2 mi
- Hiner Spring: 16.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 12.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.7 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 12.5 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 17.9 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 19.4 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 19.5 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 19.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 6.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 16.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 17.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 17.5 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 15.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.8 mi
- Sites Homestead: 17.0 mi
- Highland County Museum: 18.1 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 24.3 mi
- Locust Springs: 12.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 16.1 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 13.0 mi
- Small waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 16.0 mi
- High Falls: 22.9 mi
- Smoke Hole: 19.7 mi
- Gertrude: 20.4 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 22.8 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Brushy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NW 321° | 1,482 m | 9.5 mi |
| Kile Knob | WNW 296° | 1,395 m | 3.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | WSW 243° | 1,371 m | 4.5 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,370 m | 6.7 mi |
| Pike Knob | N 350° | 1,308 m | 5.2 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,265 m | 10.6 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | N 5° | 1,243 m | 7.6 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | W 261° | 1,233 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524716
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