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Little Pilot Mountain

Little Pilot Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Pilot Mountain rises to 606 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31678241, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
606 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.17480, -84.61439

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 8
Springs: 6
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Ambrose Spring: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Debord Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Angel Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Ozone Falls: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Abandoned Train: 13.0 mi
  • Train Cars: 14.7 mi
  • Winona General Store: 16.8 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 19.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Little Pilot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackESE 113°1,013 m12.0 mi
Stallion MountainE 101°1,007 m9.7 mi
Squire KnobE 101°1,002 m9.0 mi
Frozen HeadESE 112°1,001 m9.4 mi
Burge MountainE 88°993 m11.9 mi
Walnut KnobE 91°988 m9.4 mi
Bald KnobE 98°985 m8.5 mi
Guinea Hill KnobE 95°977 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2220:2221:00
September equinox07:2719:0319:37
December solstice07:4716:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471747367574639
Precip in4.84.65.05.94.75.15.73.44.33.33.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1291606 — Little Pilot Mountain, Morgan County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356816988

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