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Brushy Mountain

Brushy Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brushy Mountain rises to 339 m in Virginia. Smith Mountain stands 590 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Roark Mill, a historic site 3.7 miles away. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49015900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
339 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.01042, -79.32780

102 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 37
Peaks: 32
Museums: 10
Gardens: 8
  • Saponi Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Dinwiddie Arboretum: 8.9 mi
  • Chatham Hall Arboretum: 13.2 mi
  • Curtis' Garden: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • LOVE: 6.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • J.H. Phillips Wayside: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • The Devil's Bookcase: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smith MountainW 271°590 m13.1 mi
Chesnut MountainWSW 253°515 m24.6 mi
Turkeycock MountainWSW 238°505 m23.5 mi
Greer KnobW 265°495 m14.8 mi
Long MountainNE 34°437 m23.5 mi
Mead MountainNW 312°423 m24.5 mi
Jack MountainNNE 25°407 m24.9 mi
Johnson MountainN 351°405 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:29
June solstice05:5920:0220:41
September equinox07:0618:4219:16
December solstice07:2816:2417:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363846556371767468564639
Precip in4.22.84.03.94.54.24.24.15.03.53.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493546 — Brushy Mountain, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356582070

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