Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 529 m in Arkansas. Kilgore Mountain stands 682 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Holden Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States (GNIS ID = 58368).
Wikidata Q31566369, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 529 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- North Scenic Point · 19 mi
- South Gap Scenic Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holden Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Needle Eye Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Blacklick Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Beacon Park: 9.4 mi
- centerpoint horsecamp: 11.8 mi
- Lake Harris Park: 13.1 mi
- Anstaff Soccer Complex and Harrison Tennis Complex: 13.1 mi
- Minnie Harris Park: 13.2 mi
- Paige Falls: 9.9 mi
- Broadwater Hollow Falls: 9.9 mi
- Hideout Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
- Hemmed-In-Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
- Diamond Falls: 11.4 mi
- Sims Point: 4.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Bee Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Chaney Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Ward Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Boone County Heritage Museum: 12.9 mi
- Memory Lane Museum: 13.6 mi
- Saunders Museum: 15.3 mi
- Heritage Center Museum: 15.4 mi
- AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 17.8 mi
- Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 13.1 mi
- Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 19.4 mi
- Ozark Medieval Fortress: 20.9 mi
- Madison County War Memorial: 24.2 mi
- Civil War Healing: 24.8 mi
- Magnetic Springs: 24.7 mi
- Harding Spring: 24.9 mi
- Crescent Spring: 24.9 mi
- Sweet Spring: 24.9 mi
- Congress Spring: 24.9 mi
- Mystic Caverns: 14.5 mi
- Hog Wild Adventures: 19.4 mi
- Big Cedar Fun Mountain: 21.4 mi
- Aviation Cadet World: 23.8 mi
- Oregon: 18.5 mi
- Winona Springs: 20.0 mi
- Cedar Valley: 21.3 mi
- Melva: 24.7 mi
- Berlin Wall Segment: 24.4 mi
- Christ of the Ozarks: 24.4 mi
- Art Wall: 24.8 mi
- Humpty Dumpty Statue: 24.8 mi
- Pilot Knob Conservation Area: 24.2 mi
- Mincy Conservation Area: 24.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgore Mountain | S 170° | 682 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | SSE 159° | 670 m | 14.9 mi |
| Gaither Mountain | ESE 123° | 655 m | 8.1 mi |
| Dodson Mountain | S 186° | 654 m | 7.3 mi |
| Piney Mountain | ESE 111° | 652 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mutton Point | SSE 154° | 651 m | 13.9 mi |
| Cone Point | SE 131° | 648 m | 10.7 mi |
| Coffman Mountain | SSW 209° | 640 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison Boone CO AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358986381
Day trips start here
- Branson · 28 mi
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