Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 658 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is New Buck, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34892812, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 658 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 6.6 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 7.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 19.0 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Father Jogues Monument · 7 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 7 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 7 mi
- Lake George Panorama · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.4 mi
- Little Buck Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Putnam Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Joshua Rock: 4.2 mi
- Dicks Island: 4.0 mi
- Recluse Island: 4.3 mi
- Log Bay Island: 4.5 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 4.5 mi
- Rogers Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 0.9 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 1.5 mi
- The Pinnacle: 5.9 mi
- Trout Lake: 6.3 mi
- Dolph Pond State Forest: 7.8 mi
- Bolton Time Capsule: 5.3 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Father Jogues Monument: 7.1 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 7.2 mi
- The Stand Against Burgoyne: 7.7 mi
- New Buck: 0.8 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 1.6 mi
- Ark Wall: 5.0 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 5.5 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 7.0 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 7.0 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 7.1 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 8.2 mi
- Rocky's Ranger Planes: 10.4 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 6.8 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 7.0 mi
- Fort William Henry: 7.1 mi
- Skenesborough Museum: 11.2 mi
- Diamond Island: 4.1 mi
- Log Bay Island: 4.5 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 4.5 mi
- Commission Point Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Little As You Were Island: 6.4 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 5.4 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 9.3 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 13.8 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 13.9 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 4.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.7 mi
- Uncas Falls: 14.2 mi
- Bear Slide: 14.6 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 16.7 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 18.8 mi
- Mandala II: 22.9 mi
- Arboretum: 9.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NNE 25° | 805 m | 9.0 mi |
| Erebus Mountain | NNE 25° | 765 m | 6.6 mi |
| Black Spruce Mountain | WSW 240° | 716 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | NNE 31° | 715 m | 5.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 14° | 711 m | 2.2 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | N 8° | 688 m | 10.5 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | N 9° | 680 m | 10.8 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | NNW 326° | 619 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357576938
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 9 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 30 mi
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