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Brushy Knob

Brushy Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Brushy Knob rises to 885 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the north-northwest, 1.2 miles off. Military Trail passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34806412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
885 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.68754, -73.85709

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 45
  • Picketts Corner Park: 6.4 mi
  • Cadyville Recreation Park: 11.9 mi
  • LaPierre Lane Riverway Park: 14.8 mi
  • East Morrisonville Park: 15.0 mi
  • Miner Lake State Park: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Waterfalls: 13
  • High Falls: 15.6 mi
  • High Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Flume Falls: 22.2 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 22.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 22.4 mi
Museums: 13
  • Six Nations Indian Museum: 18.1 mi
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 19.1 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 19.2 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 19.2 mi
  • Kent-Delord House Museum: 20.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 18.9 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 19.6 mi
  • Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 19.9 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 19.9 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Airplane: 20.2 mi
  • Ausable Chasm: 22.5 mi
  • Potholes: 23.4 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 23.4 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • summit fliff: 12.1 mi
  • Potter Mountain Cliff: 12.1 mi
  • Tsunami Wall: 12.2 mi
  • Center of Progress Cliff: 12.2 mi
  • Great Wall: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 20.4 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 22.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Brushy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainNNW 342°1,167 m1.2 mi
Averill PeakWNW 287°1,159 m1.2 mi
Haystack MountainWSW 244°881 m7.8 mi
Norton PeakWSW 239°876 m5.9 mi
Ragged Lake MountainW 278°832 m9.2 mi
W MountainW 269°825 m9.9 mi
Duncan MountainSSW 196°825 m11.8 mi
Lookout MountainSW 231°818 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:2919:08
June solstice05:1120:0020:45
September equinox06:4318:1618:55
December solstice07:3015:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944984 — Brushy Knob, Clinton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357551119

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