 Sauratown Mountain, Stokes County's other private peak, allows no public access to its peak due to being a major radio communications site.Visitors to the top of Brown Mountain via Vineyard Road can enjoy unrestricted views of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to the north; the Sauratown Mountain range and Hanging Rock State Park to the south and southeast, respectively; and Surry County's Pilot Mountain to the southwest.Brown Mountain has a variety of notable landmarks including Brown Mountain Baptist Church, a structure built entirely of locally acquired rock, and Nancy Reynolds School, an elementary (K-5th grade) public school primarily built with funding from the estate of R.J. Reynolds of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.