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Brushy Mountain

Brushy Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brushy Mountain rises to 457 m in Tennessee. Big Hill stands 617 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Overton County, Tennessee, United States (GNIS ID = 1269386).

Wikidata Q31664111, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
457 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.24479, -85.22247

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Whitaker Park: 7.3 mi
  • Meadow Creek Park: 9.1 mi
  • Livingston City Ballpark: 11.0 mi
  • South Fentress Comunity Park: 11.9 mi
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Rocky Bar: 2.1 mi
  • Jane Bend Overlook: 12.8 mi
  • Ding Dong Rock: 12.9 mi
  • Big Piney Overlook: 13.1 mi
  • Apple Bag Overlook: 13.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Overton County Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Depot Museum: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 14.2 mi
  • City Lake Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • East Point Marina: 15.3 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 16.1 mi
  • good landing beach: 18.9 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 20.2 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 20.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Standing Stone State Park: 11.1 mi
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSSE617 m14.5 mi
Hampton MountainSSW616 m4.6 mi
Tyler MountainSSW597 m3.3 mi
Blaylock MountainWSW593 m7.7 mi
Green Pond MountainSE592 m4.1 mi
Verble KnobsS587 m8.5 mi
Copeland MountainSSW585 m3.1 mi
Harris MountainWNW582 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0618:39
December solstice06:4915:5016:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356774283

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