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Steel Hill

Steel Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Steel Hill rises to 746 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the east-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.5 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49077909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
746 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.12095, -81.49511

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
Historic sites: 6
  • Peery & St. Clair Building: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 15.3 mi
  • Bartley Mine Disaster: 20.3 mi
  • Space Shuttle Memorial: 20.6 mi
  • This Way: 20.7 mi
Museums: 3
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 4.4 mi
  • Smyth County Museum: 19.9 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 22.3 mi
Springs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 15.3 mi
  • Wooly: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 15.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Steel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garden MountainESE1,437 m5.3 mi
Flattop MountainSW1,379 m19.5 mi
Morris KnobSW1,358 m8.3 mi
Hutchinson RockESE1,348 m5.4 mi
Chestnut KnobSE1,344 m6.9 mi
East River MountainNE1,331 m5.3 mi
Brushy MountainSW1,323 m19.3 mi
Chimney RockNE1,304 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:0720:1120:50
September equinox07:1418:5019:25
December solstice07:3716:3217:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340495765686761504033
Precip in4.03.74.44.04.74.34.64.03.63.23.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496255 — Steel Hill, Tazewell County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356583872

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