What do we learn about the castle's surroundings in the novel, Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen?

Although the Queen's mirror has the ability to see all around the land, thus giving the reader a detailed description of the castle's surroundings, she never uses this power and the setting remains relatively stark. What the reader does know is that the castle is surrounded by thick woods - where the cousins frighten Snow White - and that further a field lies the Seven Jeweled Hills where the dwarves live. Somewhere between the Seven Jeweled Hills and the castle, a forked road divides travelers between the woods and the waterfall cliff where the Queen eventually meets her demise.