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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: 50
  • 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 16.8 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSSE 156°617 m14.5 mi
Hampton MountainSSW 194°616 m4.6 mi
Tyler MountainSSW 196°597 m3.3 mi
Blaylock MountainWSW 242°593 m7.7 mi
Green Pond MountainSE 134°592 m4.1 mi
Verble KnobsS 177°587 m8.5 mi
Copeland MountainSSW 202°585 m3.1 mi
Harris MountainWNW 292°582 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 5080 °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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