Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 263 m in Indiana. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayswood Nature Reserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Harrison County, Indiana, United States.
Wikidata Q33143587, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 263 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Indiana's Historic Pathways, National
- 21.9 mi off the River Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Historic Corydon Indiana Town Square: 1.1 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 1.1 mi
- Battle of Corydon Park: 1.4 mi
- Harrison Spring: 4.8 mi
- Buck Creek Lodge: 7.2 mi
- Mathes Hill: 3.5 mi
- Binkley Hill: 3.6 mi
- Scout Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Windell Hill: 6.1 mi
- Henry Ott Hill: 7.4 mi
- The Spring and Statue: 15.6 mi
- BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 17.8 mi
- Landscape: 18.1 mi
- Lucy Higgs Nichols: 18.3 mi
- Promised Lands: 18.3 mi
- Squire Boone Caverns: 10.4 mi
- Marengo Cave: 15.3 mi
- New Albany Sign: 18.1 mi
- Caboose Car: 18.5 mi
- Old Clarksville Site: 20.6 mi
- Constitution Elm: 1.0 mi
- Confederate Monument: 14.6 mi
- Tree Trunk from 1974 Tornado: 14.9 mi
- 1974 Tornado Victims: 14.9 mi
- In Loving Memory of Darrell Anthony Sweet: 18.2 mi
- Harrison County Discovery Center: 1.0 mi
- Floyd County Historical Society Padgett Museum: 17.7 mi
- Carnegie Center for Art and History: 18.2 mi
- West Point History Museum: 18.3 mi
- Portland Museum: 19.8 mi
- Hayswood Nature Reserve: 0.3 mi
- Indian Creek Trail: 0.9 mi
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest: 7.9 mi
- O'Bannon Woods State Park: 8.3 mi
- Jefferson Memorial Forest: 18.3 mi
- Vault Point: 13.3 mi
- Blunk Point: 13.4 mi
- Blice Point: 15.1 mi
- The Narrows: 17.0 mi
- Hemlock Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Scribner Garden: 18.1 mi
- Underground Railroad Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Iroquois Flowers: 19.9 mi
- Fairview Lavender Farm: 22.1 mi
- Waterfront Botanical Gardens: 23.1 mi
- Grable Spring: 1.8 mi
- Miles Spring: 2.2 mi
- Wynnsboro: 7.8 mi
- Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman Hill | E 81° | 302 m | 11.7 mi |
| Spickert Knob | ENE 62° | 289 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WNW 299° | 287 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hayes Hill | SSW 196° | 282 m | 10.4 mi |
| Seigs Hill | NNW 330° | 281 m | 8.1 mi |
| Henry Ott Hill | NNW 337° | 278 m | 7.4 mi |
| Reno Hill | N 349° | 278 m | 13.4 mi |
| Windell Hill | SSW 205° | 272 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:22 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:32 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 16:47 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brandenburg, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358676384
Day trips start here
- Corydon · 1 mi
- Georgetown · 11 mi
- Floyds Knobs · 17 mi
- New Albany · 18 mi
- Louisville · 21 mi
- Clarksville · 22 mi
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