Pilot Knob
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Pilot Knob rises to 252 m in California. Black Mountain stands 646 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Knob Mesa, a peak 0.2 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Pilot Knob (also, Avie Quah-la-Altwa, Ha-bee-co-la-la, and San Pablo) is a peak in Imperial County, California. Pilot Knob is located 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Ogilby, It rises to an elevation of 876 feet (267 m). Pilot Knob is a rocky landform, geologically a Volcanic plug, west of Yuma, Arizona–Winterhaven, California; it is connected to the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, the central portion of the mountains being about 7 miles (11 km) north. Pilot Knob was named for its prominence as a landmark for riverboat traffic in the 19th-20th centuries on the Colorado River which borders Winterhaven–Yuma. Pilot Knob is an Area of Critical Environmental Concern administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7194430, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 252 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Barkley Ranch Park: 5.4 mi
- Joe Henry Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
- Shaw Field: 5.9 mi
- Windsor Rotary Park: 5.9 mi
- Parkway Place Park: 6.2 mi
- Pilot Knob Mesa: 0.2 mi
- Pasadena Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Sierra Prieta: 7.7 mi
- Prison Hill: 7.8 mi
- Pasadena Peak: 8.3 mi
- The Center of the World: 1.7 mi
- Araz Stage Station Ruins: 3.4 mi
- Railroad Passenger Car: 7.4 mi
- Southern Pacific Engine 2521: 7.6 mi
- Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge: 7.8 mi
- Site of Camp Pilot Knob: 1.4 mi
- Araz Stage Station: 3.4 mi
- Cibola Raider: 5.4 mi
- Yuma Armed Forces Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Plank Road: 10.2 mi
- Museum of History in Granite: 1.6 mi
- Yuma History Museum: 7.3 mi
- Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park: 7.4 mi
- Bureau of Reclamation: 7.4 mi
- Sanguinetti House Museum: 7.6 mi
- Colorado City: 7.0 mi
- Hedges: 11.3 mi
- Fortuna: 17.5 mi
- Picacho: 21.7 mi
- Gila City: 22.5 mi
- Playa Linda: 6.2 mi
- Centennial Beach: 6.7 mi
- Yuma Beach: 7.8 mi
- Yuma Mineral Spring: 8.6 mi
- Carrizo Spring: 20.3 mi
- Arturos Bridge: 15.6 mi
- Whitley Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Bear Canyon Falls: 20.2 mi
- Carrizo Falls: 20.3 mi
- Sand Hills Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Bear Canyon Bluff: 21.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NNW 349° | 646 m | 22.8 mi |
| Peter Kane Mountain | N 350° | 643 m | 24.8 mi |
| Stud Mountain | N 359° | 611 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pasadena Peak | N 349° | 480 m | 8.3 mi |
| Picacho Peak | NNE 17° | 439 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pasadena Mountain | N 354° | 437 m | 6.3 mi |
| Dragon's Nest | N 360° | 396 m | 10.5 mi |
| Little Picacho Peak | NNE 32° | 364 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:15 | 19:51 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:05 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 06:38 | 16:00 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 88 | 92 | 93 | 86 | 76 | 65 | 56 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yuma Quartermaster Depot, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358790601
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