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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
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 19.3 miles of Steel Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garden MountainESE 121°1,437 m5.3 mi
Morris KnobSW 234°1,358 m8.3 mi
Hutchinson RockESE 103°1,348 m5.4 mi
Chestnut KnobSE 130°1,344 m6.9 mi
East River MountainNE 54°1,331 m5.3 mi
Brushy MountainSW 235°1,323 m19.3 mi
Chimney RockNE 56°1,304 m6.1 mi
Knob MountainSW 236°1,270 m6.2 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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