Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mountain rises to 726 m in Virginia. Sinking Creek Mountain stands 1,117 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carvins Cove, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Botetourt County and Roanoke County, Virginia, United States (GNIS ID = 1493545).
Wikidata Q49015893, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 726 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 10 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 11 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walrond Park: 2.5 mi
- Lord Botetourt High School Softball Field: 3.8 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 3.9 mi
- Hollins Park: 4.1 mi
- Greenfield Recreation Park: 4.4 mi
- Green Ridge: 2.0 mi
- McAfee Knob: 3.1 mi
- Tinker Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Catawba Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Read Mountain: 5.4 mi
- The Rock: 3.0 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 6.8 mi
- Hunton Life Saving and First Aid Crew: 7.8 mi
- 28 Wells Avenue, N.W.: 7.8 mi
- Oscar Micheaux: 7.9 mi
- Carvins Cove: 0.5 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 12.0 mi
- Explore Park: 12.5 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 3.0 mi
- Salem Museum: 7.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 7.9 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 8.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 8.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 7.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 8.0 mi
- Roanoke Star: 9.6 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 14.1 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 17.5 mi
- The Rock: 7.3 mi
- The Solar Wind: 7.4 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 7.9 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 8.1 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 8.2 mi
- Beale Garden: 3.0 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 9.3 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 24.3 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 3.8 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 10.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.3 mi
- Piney Point: 22.5 mi
- High Point: 23.3 mi
- Big Spring: 21.4 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 21.9 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 22.2 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 22.7 mi
- Thomas Spring: 24.5 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 21.5 mi
- Camp Creek: 21.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 22.8 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 23.8 mi
- Middle Cascades: 24.2 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 10.9 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Howrytown: 6.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinking Creek Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,117 m | 12.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock | WNW 285° | 1,108 m | 13.3 mi |
| Earn Knob | WNW 290° | 1,097 m | 11.7 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WSW 242° | 998 m | 11.1 mi |
| McAfee Knob | W 281° | 974 m | 3.1 mi |
| Masons Knob | S 191° | 961 m | 14.8 mi |
| Brush Mountain | W 264° | 943 m | 13.8 mi |
| North Mountain | WNW 294° | 925 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582068
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 8 mi
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