Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 487 m in West Virginia. Lonetree Mountain stands 777 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Clay County Park, a park 3.0 miles away. Midland Trail passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Clay County, West Virginia, United States (GNIS ID = 1555352).
Wikidata Q31468715, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 487 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 26.5 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 26.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 28 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Knob: 4.1 mi
- Spread Bend Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Weedy Knob: 5.1 mi
- Painter Knob: 5.4 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.4 mi
- Clay County Park: 3.0 mi
- Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 9.7 mi
- Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Young Monument: 19.4 mi
- Captain John Young: 16.5 mi
- Train tunnel: 17.1 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 21.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Chestnut Point: 18.8 mi
- July: 23.4 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 24.7 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonetree Mountain | SE 140° | 777 m | 22.1 mi |
| Corren Knob | ESE 119° | 745 m | 19.3 mi |
| Panther Mountain | SSE 160° | 705 m | 20.8 mi |
| Barnette Hill | E 89° | 566 m | 20.6 mi |
| Bird Knob | SSW 201° | 555 m | 15.7 mi |
| Coon Knob | ENE 72° | 542 m | 19.9 mi |
| Fox Knob | E 85° | 525 m | 17.9 mi |
| Wallowhole Knob | SE 137° | 513 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:26 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clendenin, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525178
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