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Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob from directly overhead

Pilot Knob is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Lone Man Mountain stands 416 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 9.2 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1963
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.15002, -97.69708

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Skyline Park: 1.1 mi
  • Falkor’s Crossing: 1.3 mi
  • Norman Park: 1.4 mi
  • Bryant Park: 1.7 mi
  • Richard Moya Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 53
Gardens: 51
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Festival Beach Food Forest: 7.5 mi
Museums: 48
Peaks: 30
Attractions: 19
Waterfalls: 10
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Twin Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 11.6 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 2.9 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 7.4 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 10.5 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Bird Bluff: 6.6 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 9.0 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lone Man MountainWSW 258°416 m23.9 mi
Wallace MountainW 277°406 m22.7 mi
Chalk KnobWNW 299°364 m20.1 mi
Flint Rock HillNW 306°360 m20.6 mi
Signal HillW 280°353 m15.6 mi
Jollyville PlateauNNW 332°340 m19.1 mi
Maul HillNW 308°330 m20.7 mi
Friday MountainW 270°325 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687682858579705952
Precip in2.81.92.92.45.03.42.22.53.04.22.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Bergstrom Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453821247

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