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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: 55
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 11.8 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainSSE 163°1,075 m9.6 mi
The Flag PoleSSE 163°1,075 m9.6 mi
Redoak MountainS 171°1,027 m10.3 mi
Buffalo MountainS 188°1,008 m11.8 mi
Hurricane MountainS 174°1,007 m3.5 mi
Hatmaker KnobS 180°976 m3.1 mi
Ash Log MountainSSW 196°975 m4.4 mi
Grissel KnobS 170°973 m2.7 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 5080 °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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