Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 371 m in Tennessee. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Peaks Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
mountain in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, geonames ID=4649338
Wikidata Q31683059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 371 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Peaks Hill: 0.7 mi
- Talley Hill: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Hill: 4.7 mi
- Gowen Knob: 5.4 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 6.6 mi
- City Park: 7.5 mi
- Dillion Park: 8.0 mi
- Rogers Park: 8.0 mi
- Brown. Spurlock Park: 8.1 mi
- Lascassas Ball Park: 8.2 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 8.7 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Airplane on a Stick: 10.2 mi
- Fortress Rosecrans: 11.4 mi
- General Bragg Headquarters: 12.0 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 16.4 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 16.8 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 17.7 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 18.4 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 18.8 mi
- Discovery Center: 9.8 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 10.0 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 19.9 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 19.9 mi
- Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum: 21.5 mi
- Mason Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Gin Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Smoot Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Pine Bluff: 21.0 mi
- State Street Garden: 9.4 mi
- State Street Garden: 9.4 mi
- State Street Garden: 9.4 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 19.2 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 17.2 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 8.9 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 9.0 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 24.9 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 12.5 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 13.9 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 21.8 mi
- Hopewell: 7.8 mi
- Spring Creek: 22.6 mi
- Maney Spring: 9.9 mi
- Swimming Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | ENE 77° | 635 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mason Mountain | ENE 77° | 533 m | 14.8 mi |
| Little Short Mountain | E 83° | 522 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sugartree Knob | ENE 75° | 446 m | 11.8 mi |
| Locust Knob | SSW 202° | 412 m | 12.4 mi |
| Hickory Hill | SW 220° | 405 m | 14.8 mi |
| Gowen Knob | SSW 201° | 399 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Defiance | N 9° | 398 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:56 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodbury 1 WNW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356826908
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