Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 550 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Roost, a peak 1.9 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1297483).
Wikidata Q31682931, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 550 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Roost: 1.9 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bruce Knob: 2.4 mi
- Potts Knob: 2.9 mi
- Bradbury Knob: 3.1 mi
- Meadow Park Lake: 7.1 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 7.1 mi
- Private Village Green - Residents Only: 7.4 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 7.5 mi
- Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 7.9 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 5.3 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 6.0 mi
- Virgin Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Keaton Falls: 17.0 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 14.4 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 15.5 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 16.1 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 17.9 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 11.5 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 11.5 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 17.0 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 17.1 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 17.7 mi
- Copper Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 10.2 mi
- Medley Arch: 14.8 mi
- Brady Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 20.3 mi
- Sunset Rock: 9.3 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 13.9 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 17.4 mi
- George's Hole: 17.5 mi
- George's Hole: 17.6 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Roadside Table: 24.0 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 24.5 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Dripping Spring: 16.5 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 18.6 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 24.2 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 24.5 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 7.4 mi
- Sam: 23.8 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | ESE 120° | 931 m | 15.7 mi |
| Dorton Knob | ESE 116° | 910 m | 15.0 mi |
| Brady Mountain | ESE 108° | 893 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | ESE 114° | 893 m | 15.9 mi |
| Worthington Knob | SE 146° | 775 m | 17.1 mi |
| Gort Knob | SE 134° | 774 m | 16.8 mi |
| Walker Knob | SE 138° | 766 m | 16.6 mi |
| Brown Mountain | ESE 108° | 763 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:52 | 16:31 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crossville MEM AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356826911
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