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Stairstep Hill

Stairstep Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Stairstep Hill rises to 195 m in Tennessee. Tanbark Hill stands 247 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Paint Rock Bluff, a cliff 0.5 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31688402, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
195 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.04867, -87.87392

59 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Cliffs: 15
Parks: 11
Historic sites: 2
  • Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes Crash Site: 16.1 mi
  • Lee & Gould Furnace: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Missionary Park Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Nolan Spring: 8.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stairstep Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tanbark HillESE247 m21.9 mi
Slaughter HillENE246 m12.1 mi
Balding KnobE237 m14.0 mi
The MoundN215 m23.8 mi
Collier HillNNE208 m7.3 mi
Durham HillNNE206 m11.6 mi
Round TopSW206 m23.0 mi
Rushing HillSE204 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:04
June solstice05:3619:3420:12
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice06:5916:0216:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606976807972615042
Precip in4.14.44.54.45.44.64.13.83.44.14.04.8

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356851103

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