Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Steele Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steele Hill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Steele Hill

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Steele Hill:
  • 33.446199, -100.788182
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Steele Hill

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Dickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickens County
  • Since Steele Hill is near Kent County and also King County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for King County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Steele Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Steele Hill ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Corner Windmill
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Corner Windmill is located in King County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
• Dickens
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Dickens is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dickens <1>
• Double Mountain
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Double Mountain is located in Stonewall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mountain
• Elton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Elton is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
• Glenn
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Glenn is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
• Harmony
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harmony is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
• Peacock
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Peacock is located in Stonewall County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock
• Polar
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Polar is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
• Soldiers Mound ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Soldiers Mound is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Mound
• Spur
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Spur is located in Dickens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spur <1>
• Wake
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wake is located in Crosby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake

How Far From Steele Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Steele Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Steele Hill and extending to:

• Dickens, which is the Seat of Dickens County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Steele Hill to Dickens, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 282 miles [453.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,838 miles [12,614 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'