Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 241 m in Arkansas. Angling Pinnacle stands 530 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoolhouse Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States.
Wikidata Q31566484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 241 m
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Short Mountain Vista · 25 mi
- Goat Rock Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Use Your Brain: 10.4 mi
- Stop Pollution, Preserve Drain to Creek Ecosystem: 10.4 mi
- AR Symbols: 10.5 mi
- Night at Fourche: 10.5 mi
- Surfing Frog: 10.5 mi
- Vista Point Park: 7.4 mi
- Sleepy Hollow Access: 8.0 mi
- Chalamont Park: 8.5 mi
- Wildwood Park for the Arts: 8.7 mi
- Boto Park: 10.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Wilford Peak: 3.2 mi
- Jennings Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Geographic Center of Arkansas, placed 1936: 12.9 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 18.3 mi
- WWI Memorial: 18.3 mi
- Fallen Fire Fights of Arkansas: 20.1 mi
- Granite Mountain Boulder: 20.1 mi
- Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society: 12.2 mi
- Gann Museum of Saline County: 14.4 mi
- Bauxite Historical Association Museum: 16.4 mi
- Perry County Historical Museum: 18.9 mi
- Daisy Bates House: 20.4 mi
- Giant Sawdust Pile: 9.2 mi
- Over-the-Jumps Carousel: 17.9 mi
- Arkansas State Fairgrounds: 19.8 mi
- Hoga (YT-146): 21.4 mi
- USS Razorback: 21.4 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain State Park: 10.7 mi
- Harris Brake State Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
- Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
- Bell Slough State Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
- Camp Robinson Special Use Area (SUA): 21.3 mi
- Slaty Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Millie Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Watson Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Cato Point: 24.9 mi
- Arkansas Arboretum: 10.6 mi
- Woodruff Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- The Bernice Garden: 21.1 mi
- Brown Creek Cascade: 15.6 mi
- Forked Mountain Falls: 22.8 mi
- Twist Cascade: 23.0 mi
- Pavilion 1: 17.0 mi
- Iron Springs Recreation Area: 24.3 mi
- Iron Spring: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angling Pinnacle | W 272° | 530 m | 18.3 mi |
| Wolf Pinnacle | W 272° | 464 m | 15.6 mi |
| Muse Mountain | W 272° | 442 m | 16.6 mi |
| North Fork Pinnacle | WNW 299° | 437 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | WNW 303° | 421 m | 10.4 mi |
| Flatside Pinnacle | WNW 296° | 420 m | 16.9 mi |
| Rody Mountain | WNW 289° | 413 m | 12.7 mi |
| Nancy Mountain | NW 307° | 400 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:25 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alum FK, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358978088
Day trips start here
- Little Rock · 18 mi
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