Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 231 m in Tennessee. The nearest named place is Nat Caldwell Park, a park 1.1 miles away. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States.
Wikidata Q31683098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 231 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Nat Caldwell Park: 1.1 mi
- Station Camp Greenway: 1.3 mi
- Avondale Access Area: 1.7 mi
- Twitty City-Music Village USA: 2.3 mi
- Saundersville Access Area: 2.6 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 3.0 mi
- Pitt Hill: 6.0 mi
- Shallow Ford Hill: 6.2 mi
- Fort Hill: 6.7 mi
- O'Ryan Knob: 6.9 mi
- Johnny Cash Museum: 2.3 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 4.2 mi
- Sumner County Museum: 5.5 mi
- Rock Castle: 5.9 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 7.1 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 13.0 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 13.1 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 13.9 mi
- General Hatton: 16.7 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 18.4 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 9.5 mi
- Catfish: 18.3 mi
- Threshold: 18.3 mi
- Incline: 18.4 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 18.4 mi
- The Hermitage: 10.2 mi
- AxeVentures: 12.7 mi
- Great Big Game Show: 13.3 mi
- The Escape Game: 13.3 mi
- Madame Tussauds Nashville: 13.3 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 13.3 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 15.0 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 20.1 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 1: 21.2 mi
- outdoor seating: 10.3 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 20.7 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 21.6 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 4.1 mi
- Swimming Area: 19.0 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Franklin Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
- Big Spring: 21.1 mi
- Spring Creek: 21.3 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | SE 140° | 357 m | 21.1 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SE 128° | 353 m | 22.6 mi |
| Egypt Hill | SE 141° | 350 m | 20.5 mi |
| Spanish Needle Knob | E 100° | 331 m | 22.4 mi |
| Gravely Hill | ENE 62° | 325 m | 19.8 mi |
| Wolf Hill | ENE 64° | 324 m | 18.4 mi |
| Millstone Knob | ENE 74° | 319 m | 21.9 mi |
| Holt Knob | SSW 206° | 319 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:55 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356826940
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 26 mi
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