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Steele Creek Park

Steele Creek Park from directly overhead

Steele Creek Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 608 m. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlie Robinette Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 19 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
608 m
Getting there

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Coordinates36.57566, -82.21458
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charlie Robinette Park: 1.1 mi
  • Rooster Front Park: 1.1 mi
  • Haynes Field park: 1.4 mi
  • Haynesfield Park: 1.5 mi
  • Patterson Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 34
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 13
Attractions: 9
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 4.6 mi
  • Bristol Caverns: 5.5 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 7.6 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 18.2 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Abrams Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Dennis Cove Waterfall: 23.2 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 2.0 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 2.2 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 19.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Steele Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich KnobESE 110°1,295 m13.6 mi
Grindstone KnobESE 105°1,282 m19.0 mi
Holston MountainSE 137°1,264 m11.2 mi
Holston High KnobSE 137°1,261 m11.2 mi
The ButtNNE 21°1,226 m19.2 mi
Locust KnobESE 109°1,223 m13.8 mi
McQueen KnobE 91°1,177 m16.3 mi
Harp MountainE 87°1,152 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1220:1320:51
September equinox07:1718:5319:27
December solstice07:3816:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566572767569574639
Precip in3.63.84.03.83.83.95.03.82.82.53.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bristol AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker204 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker177 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird173 obs
  • Northern Cardinal151 obs
  • White-tailed Deer146 obs
  • Northern Flicker132 obs
  • American Goldfinch123 obs
  • White-breasted Nuthatch122 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356883496

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