Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mountain rises to 869 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Craig County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49015897, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 869 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 23.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 26.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- White Rock Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 9.4 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 10.0 mi
- Deerfield Park: 11.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Kire Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Salt Pond Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Lone Pine Peak: 3.5 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 12.6 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 13.4 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 14.1 mi
- The Pylons: 14.2 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 3.7 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Bear Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Barney's Wall: 9.4 mi
- Barneys Wall: 9.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.4 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 13.8 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 14.3 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 14.9 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 16.2 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 17.9 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 13.4 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 14.1 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 14.4 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 14.9 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 15.5 mi
- Keffer Oak: 6.8 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 8.4 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 13.4 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 19.1 mi
- Organ Cave: 19.7 mi
- Big Spring: 16.8 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 17.0 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 17.4 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 17.6 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 18.1 mi
- Egypt: 21.4 mi
- Junta: 22.7 mi
- Whitcomb: 23.7 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 24.3 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 14.8 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 15.6 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 21.2 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.7 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 19.5 mi
- Middle Cascades: 19.6 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SW 223° | 1,327 m | 7.9 mi |
| Butt Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,282 m | 11.0 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | WSW 245° | 1,256 m | 11.0 mi |
| Wind Rock | WSW 253° | 1,246 m | 4.6 mi |
| Wrights Peak | WNW 302° | 1,242 m | 5.6 mi |
| Brushy Top | WSW 252° | 1,236 m | 9.3 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | WSW 240° | 1,232 m | 3.5 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,231 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1482068 — Brushy Mountain, Craig County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356570723
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- Roanoke · 30 mi
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