Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 188 m in Kentucky. Duncan Hill stands 249 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Seminary Hill, a peak 3.0 miles away. Duncan Hines Scenic Road passes 29 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061307, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 188 m
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Duncan Hines Scenic Road
- 29.3 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Seminary Hill: 3.0 mi
- Taylor Hill: 3.8 mi
- Airdrie Hill: 4.3 mi
- Keel Hill: 4.9 mi
- High View Hill: 5.9 mi
- John Prine Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
- McHenry Community Park: 5.8 mi
- Beaver Dam Park & Amphitheater: 7.8 mi
- Oldham Park: 8.1 mi
- Ellis Park: 11.3 mi
- Jackson Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Stony Point: 12.9 mi
- Hawkers Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 18.0 mi
- Buzzards Roost Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Everly Brothers Monument: 11.8 mi
- fort hartford reconstruction: 12.0 mi
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument: 13.3 mi
- Big Twigs: 16.6 mi
- Jerusalem Ridge- Bill Monroe Homeplace: 13.1 mi
- Green River Museum: 17.0 mi
- Harris-Dickerson Wildlife Management Area: 23.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Hill | NE 46° | 249 m | 22.2 mi |
| Peach Orchard Knob | SE 146° | 247 m | 20.7 mi |
| Big Clifty | SE 130° | 245 m | 20.3 mi |
| Ragland Hill | SE 145° | 233 m | 18.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | ENE 61° | 232 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bald Point | E 81° | 220 m | 20.1 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SE 136° | 219 m | 20.0 mi |
| Tooley Hill | SW 225° | 215 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:33 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:53 | 16:34 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Ferry, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358602913
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 13 mi
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