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Brushy Mountain

Brushy Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brushy Mountain rises to 1,004 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the west, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pond Range Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States (GNIS ID = 1550510)

Wikidata Q31514176, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1004 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.67456, -79.36782

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 22
Springs: 12
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Hall Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Sand Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Locust Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Maple Spring: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Raven Rocks: 5.1 mi
  • Southern Pillar: 10.9 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 11.0 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Seneca Caverns: 6.2 mi
  • Treasure Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 18.3 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 18.8 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 20.5 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • 1971 Plane Crash Site: 9.4 mi
  • Old Sexton Cabin: 23.3 mi
  • Camp Bartow Historic Site: 23.9 mi
  • Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobW 281°1,482 m9.1 mi
Kile KnobWSW 237°1,395 m7.4 mi
Horse RockNW 307°1,374 m9.0 mi
Pike KnobW 263°1,308 m3.8 mi
Harmon RocksNW 312°1,243 m3.0 mi
Ruleman MountainSW 221°1,233 m8.0 mi
Castle KnobSW 224°1,058 m5.5 mi
Castle MountainSW 234°1,032 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5420:0620:46
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3316:1817:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543526168727064544436
Precip in2.52.13.23.44.23.44.83.53.82.62.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356523339

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