Brushy Mountain stretches in the same southwest to northeast direction for several more miles into Botetourt County, Virginia.

Another narrow gap separates Fort Lewis Mountain from Little Brushy Mountain, a small 1,926 foot high peak, which is located in Roanoke County just north of Salem, Virginia.

The fort was named after Andrew Lewis, a colonial era general who lived in the area.

[2] This massive chunk of rock, covered with a forest of oak, hemlock, hickory and huge rhododendron, tops out at 3,260 feet above sea level.

The mountain is home to the Havens Wildlife Management Area of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.