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Brushy Mountain

Brushy Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brushy Mountain rises to 892 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the south-southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckaby Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States (GNIS ID = 1278711).

Wikidata Q31664162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
892 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.33064, -84.28021

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
Historic sites: 21
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 10.2 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 10.2 mi
  • Militia Hill: 10.2 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
Museums: 11
  • Campbell County Historical: 9.6 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Norris Museum: 14.9 mi
  • Museum of Scott County: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Train Cars: 8.6 mi
  • Winona General Store: 9.7 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 12.9 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 13.8 mi
  • Aspire: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Debord Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Angel Falls: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 22.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Diocese Arch: 22.8 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 23.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainSSE1,075 m9.6 mi
The Flag PoleSSE1,075 m9.6 mi
Redoak MountainS1,027 m10.3 mi
Hurricane MountainS1,007 m3.5 mi
Hatmaker KnobS976 m3.1 mi
Ash Log MountainSSW975 m4.4 mi
Grissel KnobS973 m2.7 mi
Smoky MountainSW961 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566471747468574638
Precip in5.15.45.55.84.34.95.44.34.13.44.05.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356790624

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