Brushy Knob
Brushy Knob rises to 1,043 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the west-northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 3.8 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Scott County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49015829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,043 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 16.6 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 18.1 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 19.7 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 16 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 16 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 16 mi
142 named places within 25 miles
- Clear Creek Park: 4.4 mi
- Locust Avenue Park: 4.9 mi
- Legion Park: 5.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 5.3 mi
- Norton City Park: 5.6 mi
- Black Hill: 0.6 mi
- Robinson Knob: 1.2 mi
- Big Flat Top: 1.9 mi
- Moore Knob: 2.2 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.4 mi
- June Tolliver House: 11.8 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 12.0 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 12.2 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 17.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 17.8 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 15.2 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 16.6 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 18.6 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 19.0 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 19.2 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 4.6 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 6.3 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 22.1 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 6.3 mi
- Abrams Falls: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brushy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | WNW 283° | 1,288 m | 3.9 mi |
| The Doubles | W 276° | 1,247 m | 17.6 mi |
| Eagle Knob | WNW 289° | 1,196 m | 2.7 mi |
| Camp Rock | W 271° | 1,188 m | 3.1 mi |
| Little Mountain | W 271° | 1,130 m | 4.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 272° | 1,123 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bowling Knob | WSW 241° | 1,075 m | 14.7 mi |
| Huff Rock | WSW 254° | 1,070 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1482065 — Brushy Knob, Scott County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356570719
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