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Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Pilot Knob rises to 408 m in Tennessee. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pink Elephant, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States

Wikidata Q31683025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
408 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.13201, -85.51664

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Parkview Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ensor Sink Natural Area: 1.5 mi
  • Walnut Park: 2.0 mi
  • Capshaw Park: 2.1 mi
  • Cookeville Square: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • City Lake Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Falling Water Cascades: 7.5 mi
  • Little Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Burgess Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 8
  • Soard Properties Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Depot Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Sunset Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 16.8 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 3.3 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 20.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 1.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hampton MountainENE 78°616 m15.7 mi
Tyler MountainENE 73°597 m16.2 mi
Blaylock MountainENE 66°593 m10.5 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 76°592 m20.0 mi
Verble KnobsE 92°587 m16.8 mi
Copeland MountainENE 72°585 m16.0 mi
Harris MountainNE 56°582 m16.1 mi
Gunter MountainENE 78°580 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2018:54
June solstice05:2619:2520:03
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:5015:5216:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584841
Precip in5.35.55.55.45.25.55.73.94.53.34.36.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cookeville, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356826936

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