Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mountain rises to 1,035 m in North Carolina. Craggy Dome stands 1,853 m to the northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q31618263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1035 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.9 mi off the Drovers Road
- 9.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Knob: 0.8 mi
- Paynes Knob: 1.0 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Watch Knob: 1.6 mi
- Bartlett Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Charles D. Owen District Park: 2.9 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 3.0 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 3.0 mi
- Formal Gardens: 3.1 mi
- The Slabs: 3.2 mi
- Cascades Falls: 4.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.3 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 7.4 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 7.4 mi
- Walker Falls: 8.0 mi
- Potato House: 2.7 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 2.7 mi
- Tool Shed: 2.7 mi
- Spring House: 2.7 mi
- The Den: 2.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 6.1 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.5 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 3.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 5.5 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 8.8 mi
- Deco Gecko: 8.8 mi
- Passage: 9.0 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 5.7 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 8.6 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 8.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 8.7 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 8.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 7.7 mi
- Ironland: 8.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 9.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.2 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 11.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 4.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 8.1 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 19.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 7.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 8.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 11.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 15.9 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Dome | NE 35° | 1,853 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | NE 34° | 1,798 m | 5.5 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | NNE 29° | 1,780 m | 4.1 mi |
| Craggy Knob | NNE 31° | 1,699 m | 3.1 mi |
| Locust Knob | NNE 33° | 1,671 m | 6.4 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | N 6° | 1,626 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | NNE 18° | 1,603 m | 3.5 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | NNW 347° | 1,583 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806747
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