Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mountain rises to 974 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rich Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County and Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States (GNIS ID = 1554007).
Wikidata Q31514143, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 974 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 7.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Rich Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Boggs Hightop: 2.0 mi
- Fletcher Knob: 2.2 mi
- Jones Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Roaring Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lynnside Historic District: 7.2 mi
- Lynch Field Park: 7.3 mi
- Paisley Park: 7.8 mi
- Modlin Park: 8.7 mi
- Hollowell Park: 8.9 mi
- Organ Cave: 5.1 mi
- The Bunker: 6.8 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 9.9 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 11.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 21.5 mi
- Coffman Hill: 6.4 mi
- High Point: 11.3 mi
- Piney Point: 11.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 3.0 mi
- Big Spring: 3.1 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 6.9 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 7.3 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 7.6 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 6.6 mi
- Johnsons Creek State Natural Area Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 21.0 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 6.2 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 9.0 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 18.5 mi
- Alleghany Historical Society: 20.4 mi
- Whitcomb: 7.3 mi
- Brink: 10.5 mi
- Alum Springs: 11.7 mi
- Egypt: 20.6 mi
- Middle Cascades: 6.3 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 6.5 mi
- Falling Spring Falls: 24.9 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 7.2 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 23.7 mi
- Roaring Run Furnace: 24.9 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 9.9 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Peak | SSW 213° | 1,242 m | 17.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,192 m | 17.8 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | S 179° | 1,186 m | 13.9 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | S 184° | 1,136 m | 14.5 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SE 138° | 1,102 m | 12.1 mi |
| Nicholls Knob | E 96° | 1,084 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,074 m | 17.9 mi |
| Elk Knob | SSW 199° | 1,038 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Sulphur Springs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554007 — Brushy Mountain, Monroe County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524719
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