Steam Engine
Steam Engine is an attraction in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 353 m. Sassafras Mountain stands 983 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Steam Engine Pocket Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Steam Engine Pocket Park: 0.0 mi
- Cumming City Park: 1.0 mi
- Episcopal Church Park: 1.3 mi
- Sawnee Mountain Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Sawnee Mountain Nature Preserve Park: 2.2 mi
- Cumming Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- A Legacy of Humanity: 0.9 mi
- Chimney: 7.0 mi
- Chimney: 7.0 mi
- Chimney: 7.0 mi
- Sawnee Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Fox Hill: 8.6 mi
- Banks Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Anna Hill: 15.1 mi
- Potts Mountain: 16.5 mi
- Cumming City Center Mural: 0.2 mi
- American Flag Egg (Eggstraordinary Outdoor Art Exhibit): 0.5 mi
- Eggstraordinary Outdoor Art Exhibit - Forsyth County Family Center: 0.7 mi
- Eggstraordinary Outdoor Art Exhibit - Forsyth Chamber of Commerce: 0.8 mi
- Hiram Parks Bell: 0.9 mi
- Cumming Fire Museum: 0.1 mi
- Lanier Museum of Natural History: 9.8 mi
- Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center: 13.4 mi
- Georgia Racing Hall of Fame: 13.9 mi
- Dawson County Historic Courthouse: 14.1 mi
- You Pick Blueberry Hill: 11.3 mi
- Mountain Park Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Freedom Garden: 19.2 mi
- Brenau University Garden Society: 19.6 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 19.6 mi
- Cumming Bandstand: 0.9 mi
- Old truck: 5.1 mi
- James Creek Swimming Pool Slides: 6.1 mi
- old tractor: 13.5 mi
- Gibbs Gardens: 13.5 mi
- Water Wheel: 16.2 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
- Etowah Falls: 19.3 mi
- Waterfall #4: 21.9 mi
- Allatoona Falls: 22.6 mi
- Sawnee Mountain Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Buford Nature Preserve: 11.0 mi
- McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area: 13.4 mi
- Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Disharoon Beach: 18.5 mi
- Bent Tree Beach - Private: 22.8 mi
- BM Fort: 23.2 mi
- Bridgemill Beach: 23.2 mi
- Bridgemill PuttPutt: 23.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 3.1 mi
- Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 18.5 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 24.2 mi
- Auraria: 19.0 mi
- Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Steam Engine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NNW 332° | 983 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Oglethorpe | NNW 330° | 966 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sanderlin Mountain | NNW 332° | 910 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hendrix Mountain | NNW 328° | 832 m | 21.7 mi |
| Sharptop Mountain | NNW 326° | 787 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wet Mountain | NNW 335° | 758 m | 19.9 mi |
| Toland Mountain | NNW 330° | 724 m | 19.3 mi |
| Disharoon Mountain | NNW 331° | 694 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:53 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cumming 2N, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12175688487
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