Brightwood, Virginia Weather
Brightwood, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Brightwood, Madison County.
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About Brightwood, Virginia
Brightwood exhales a quiet sort of stillness, a place where the rolling hills of Madison County begin to soften their incline before the Blue Ridge Mountains gather themselves in the distance. It lies 31.2 miles north-north-east of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 29°T), and is situated 11.2 miles west-south-west of Culpeper. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and earthy browns, punctuated by the silver sheen of meandering streams and the darker, more serious hues of mature woodlands. Fields, often given over to the patient cultivation of crops or the quiet grazing of livestock, lie like smoothed linens against the land's natural contours, their edges softened by the encroaching embrace of trees. The air itself carries a particular weight, a blend of damp earth after a rain and the distant, sweet scent of honeysuckle in warmer months, a fragrance that seems to cling to the very breath of Brightwood. The history of Brightwood is a narrative told in the enduring presence of its farms and the echoes of generations who worked this land. For many years, agriculture was the quiet engine of this locality, with tobacco and later cattle shaping the rhythms of daily life and the contours of the fields. The economy still carries the strong scent of the soil, though it has broadened to include small businesses that cater to the needs of its residents and the occasional visitor drawn by the promise of a more tranquil existence. There are no grand monuments or bustling marketplaces here, but rather a collection of modest homes and functional buildings, each a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called Brightwood home, a place where the past feels less like a museum piece and more like a living, breathing presence in the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a crow.
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| Location | Brightwood, Madison County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.421516°N, 78.193613°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22715 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brightwood, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brightwood, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Brightwood includes coordinates 38.421516°N, 78.193613°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 22715. Telephone area code: 540. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
