Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 763 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kids Korner Park, a park 7.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.2 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q49061328, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 763 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 16.6 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Towers Tunnel Overlook · 15 mi
- Lovers Leap Overlook · 15 mi
- Clinchfield Overlook · 15 mi
- Mill Rock Overlook · 16 mi
113 named places within 25 miles
- Bull Hill: 10.3 mi
- Guest Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Bold Camp Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Birch Gap: 12.7 mi
- Flat Gap: 12.8 mi
- Kids Korner Park: 7.4 mi
- Phipps Family Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Ringley Park: 10.1 mi
- Coeburn Train Depot: 10.1 mi
- Haysi Town Park: 10.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 10.4 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 15.6 mi
- Pound Gap: 15.6 mi
- Wise County: 15.7 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 16.5 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 12.5 mi
- Old Fashion Elk: 16.3 mi
- Crazy Eyes Elk: 16.3 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 17.5 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 19.7 mi
- Cleveland Barrens Natural Area Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 15.4 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 19.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 22.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.4 mi
- The Breaks: 15.6 mi
- Pinnacle: 19.1 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 20.9 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 7.5 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 7.5 mi
- Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 16.5 mi
- Spearhead Trails: 11.1 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 23.4 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 12.4 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SW 230° | 1,288 m | 18.8 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | SE 131° | 1,287 m | 24.1 mi |
| Brumley Ridge | SE 124° | 1,234 m | 24.8 mi |
| The Butt | SE 136° | 1,226 m | 22.3 mi |
| Eagle Knob | SW 227° | 1,196 m | 17.8 mi |
| Camp Rock | SW 227° | 1,188 m | 18.7 mi |
| Little Mountain | SW 228° | 1,130 m | 19.5 mi |
| Big A Mountain | E 93° | 1,126 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:36 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nora 4 SSE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356584447
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