Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mountain rises to 825 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States (GNIS ID = 1482070).
Wikidata Q49015902, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 825 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 16 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 16 mi
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Apple Orchard Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Piny Knob: 0.6 mi
- Reidland: 1.1 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 1.3 mi
- Ad Cox Knob: 1.7 mi
- Longdale Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Booker T Washington Park: 10.6 mi
- Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden: 10.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
- Masonic Amphitheatre: 11.0 mi
- Callie Furnace: 9.7 mi
- Eagle Rock Lime Kilns: 10.2 mi
- Liberty Hall Ruins: 12.0 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 12.3 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 12.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 15.1 mi
- Sand Springs: 15.7 mi
- Hunting Spring: 15.7 mi
- Marble Spring: 16.2 mi
- C&O Railway Heritage Center: 10.9 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 12.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 12.4 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 8.6 mi
- Stony Run Falls: 14.5 mi
- Blue Suck Falls: 15.1 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 16.2 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 18.0 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 12.5 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.6 mi
- George C. Marshall: 12.6 mi
- George Washington: 12.7 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 13.0 mi
- Lake Robertson: 5.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.0 mi
- Craig Creek Recreation Area: 18.8 mi
- Johnsons Creek State Natural Area Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 8.9 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 9.0 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 9.3 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 12.0 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 20.0 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Bolar Mountain Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.4 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 22.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.7 mi
- Howrytown: 23.8 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | NE 36° | 1,111 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,106 m | 5.4 mi |
| Gully Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,064 m | 5.8 mi |
| North Mountain | NW 310° | 1,059 m | 1.7 mi |
| Ad Cox Knob | WNW 294° | 1,055 m | 1.7 mi |
| Orebank Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,051 m | 6.0 mi |
| Little House Mountain | NE 41° | 1,032 m | 8.9 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,019 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:23 | 17:04 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570727
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