Steptoe Hill
Steptoe Hill rises to 176 m in Virginia. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Vesper Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49078059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 176 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 18 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 19 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vesper Hill: 0.7 mi
- Ball Hill: 4.3 mi
- Polecat Hill: 4.4 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Negro Mountain: 5.6 mi
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 3.3 mi
- Old Ashby's Gap Turnpike Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Loudoun Branch, Manassas Gap Railroad: 5.8 mi
- Leesburg 9/11 Memorial: 6.8 mi
- 9/11 Steel Beam Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Mercer Park: 4.3 mi
- Mickie Gordon Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Aldie Mill Historic Park: 4.8 mi
- Greenway Park: 6.1 mi
- Founder's Park: 6.1 mi
- Historic Aldie Mill: 4.8 mi
- Mighty Midget Kitchen: 8.0 mi
- Lightfoot Restaurant: 8.1 mi
- Dodona Manor: 8.2 mi
- George C. Marshall's Dodona Manor: 8.2 mi
- Sun Flower: 7.9 mi
- Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 7.9 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 7.9 mi
- Kintsugi heart: 7.9 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 7.9 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 7.5 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 8.8 mi
- butterfly Garden: 9.6 mi
- butterfly garden: 9.7 mi
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Rust Nature Sanctuary: 7.5 mi
- Broadlands protected nature reserve: 8.8 mi
- Morven Park: 9.0 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 3.2 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 3.2 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 5.9 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 8.0 mi
- Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 9.0 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 10.3 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 11.7 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 13.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Brownsville Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- White Rock Spring: 10.4 mi
- Harris Springs: 12.3 mi
- Potts Springs: 12.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.0 mi
- Cooper Springs: 13.7 mi
- River Access: 12.4 mi
- River Access: 12.7 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 13.9 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 23.8 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 23.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 8.9 mi
- Pua Falls: 12.3 mi
- Great Falls: 23.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Steptoe Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | WSW 253° | 674 m | 19.4 mi |
| Paris | WSW 258° | 590 m | 17.8 mi |
| Paris Mountain | W 268° | 587 m | 13.4 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | SW 227° | 476 m | 20.3 mi |
| Neersville | NNW 340° | 467 m | 14.7 mi |
| Naked Mountain | WSW 243° | 448 m | 18.4 mi |
| Raven Rocks | NW 310° | 443 m | 11.0 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | N 354° | 441 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Purcellville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583874
Day trips start here
- Loudoun County · 4 mi
- Middleburg · 6 mi
- Leesburg · 8 mi
- Ashburn · 10 mi
- Sterling · 14 mi
- Herndon · 16 mi
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