Brush Island

Brush Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Brush Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Brush Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.42962, -70.56589. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Brush Island

• Union Chapel · church · Dukes · ~4 km · Must-see
• East Chop Light · beach · Dukes · ~6 km · Must-see
• Telegraph Hill · viewpoint · Dukes · ~6 km · Must-see
• Manuel F. Correllus State Forest · sanctuary · Dukes · ~7 km · Must-see
• Federated Church · church · Dukes · ~8 km · Must-see
• West Chop Light · fort · Dukes · ~8 km · Must-see
• Pilot Hill · viewpoint · Dukes · ~8 km · Must-see
• Edgartown Harbor Light · fort · Dukes · ~8 km · Must-see
• Mill Hill · viewpoint · Dukes · ~9 km · Must-see
• Martha's Vineyard · river spot · Dukes · ~10 km · Must-see
• Oyster Pond · lake · Dukes · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lamberts Cove Beach · beach · Dukes · ~11 km · Must-see
• Sampson Hill · viewpoint · Dukes · ~11 km · Must-see
• Katama Airpark · sanctuary · Dukes · ~11 km · Must-see
• Cape Poge Light · beach · Dukes · ~12 km · Must-see
• Long Point Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Dukes · ~12 km · Must-see
• Polly Hill Arboretum · park · Dukes · ~13 km · Must-see
• Tisbury Great Pond · lake · Dukes · ~13 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Brush Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Brush Island

• Martha's Vineyard · river spot · Dukes · ~10 km · Must-see
• Nantucket · river spot · Nantucket · ~51 km · Must-see
• Gull Rocks · river spot · Newport · ~81 km · Must-see
• Rose Island · river spot · Newport · ~81 km · Must-see
• Bound Brook Island · river spot · Barnstable · ~90 km · Must-see
• Sandy Point · river spot · South · ~139 km · Must-see
• Castle Rock · river spot · Essex · ~142 km · Must-see
• Egg Rock · river spot · Essex · ~144 km · Must-see
• Alleghany Rock · river spot · Dukes · ~9 km
• Chappaquiddick Island · river spot · Dukes · ~11 km

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