Little Brushy Mountain
Little Brushy Mountain rises to 585 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the south-southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Spring Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49044714, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 585 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 9 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 11 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Spring Park: 1.5 mi
- Ted Webber Park: 2.2 mi
- Longwood Park: 2.3 mi
- East Hill Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Havens State Game Refuge: 2.6 mi
- Fort Lewis Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Twelve O'clock Knob: 4.0 mi
- Bear Knob: 5.0 mi
- Texas Knob: 5.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18: 6.2 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 6.4 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Salem Museum: 2.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 8.1 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 8.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 8.6 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 8.6 mi
- The Solar Wind: 1.9 mi
- The Rock: 2.0 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 6.8 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 8.2 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 5.7 mi
- Carvins Cove: 7.9 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Explore Park: 14.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 6.1 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 8.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 8.3 mi
- Roanoke Star: 9.4 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 12.8 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 8.8 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 8.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 6.0 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.4 mi
- Bear Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Spring Well #25: 20.5 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 23.7 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 23.8 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 24.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 18.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 14.0 mi
- Camp Creek: 14.1 mi
- Howrytown: 14.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Little Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,141 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | NW 326° | 1,117 m | 10.9 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NW 322° | 1,108 m | 11.1 mi |
| Earn Knob | NNW 331° | 1,097 m | 10.6 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,083 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | WNW 283° | 1,045 m | 14.4 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | W 272° | 998 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bent Mountain | S 185° | 975 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1469483 — Little Brushy Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562962
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 8 mi
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