Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 1,673 m in Montana. Mount Baldy stands 2,878 m to the east-northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Dutchie Butte, a peak 1.6 miles away. Kings Hill Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Broadwater County, Montana, United States.
Wikidata Q49061317, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,673 m
How to reach it
- 24.8 mi off the Kings Hill Scenic Byway
60 named places within 25 miles
- Dutchie Butte: 1.6 mi
- Hooligans Hill: 2.0 mi
- Black Butte: 3.4 mi
- Mount Baldy: 4.4 mi
- Mount Edith: 7.2 mi
- Connors Field: 9.9 mi
- McCarthy Park: 10.8 mi
- Memorial VeteranPark: 11.1 mi
- Holloway Park: 11.1 mi
- Massa Park: 11.3 mi
- Calkins: 19.8 mi
- Sixteen: 21.7 mi
- Lombard: 22.1 mi
- Maudlow: 23.2 mi
- Louisville: 23.8 mi
- Townsend Fairgrounds: 9.7 mi
- Edgewater Farms: 14.7 mi
- Lorelei day use area: 22.0 mi
- Fish Hawk Day use Area: 23.1 mi
- Elkhorn Spring: 19.5 mi
- White Rock Spring: 22.6 mi
- Piedmont Spring: 23.3 mi
- Bomar Spring: 23.4 mi
- Lewis Clark picnic: 21.7 mi
- Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Broadwater County Museum: 11.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baldy | ENE 75° | 2,878 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Edith | E 86° | 2,877 m | 7.2 mi |
| Boulder Baldy | N 3° | 2,724 m | 9.1 mi |
| Boulder Mountain | N 355° | 2,680 m | 8.3 mi |
| Casey Peak | W 271° | 2,588 m | 23.0 mi |
| High Peak | W 268° | 2,585 m | 23.8 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SE 128° | 2,344 m | 13.1 mi |
| Avalanche Butte | NNW 343° | 2,344 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 18:58 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:35 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 15:51 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 3SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357941352
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