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Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Pilot Knob rises to 449 m in Missouri. Black Mountain stands 633 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Knob Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Sugar Camp Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Stone County, Missouri, United States of America

Wikidata Q31608392, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
449 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.54729, -93.54602
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Big Indian Public Use Area: 2.7 mi
  • Big Indian Public Use Area: 2.7 mi
  • Baxter Public Use Area: 2.8 mi
  • Viola Public Use Area: 3.0 mi
  • Baxter Public Use Area: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 32
Museums: 23
Attractions: 21
Springs: 10
  • Magnetic Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Grotto Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Crescent Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Congress Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Harding Spring: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Civil War Healing: 14.7 mi
  • Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 17.6 mi
  • Veteran's Grove: 17.7 mi
  • The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • short term/exstended trucker parking bathroom during busness hours: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainSSE 168°633 m22.3 mi
Bradshaw MountainSSE 160°609 m20.0 mi
Lone Tree MountainSSE 169°607 m20.9 mi
Anderson MountainS 169°552 m16.1 mi
Gage MountainS 173°547 m19.0 mi
Pine MountainSSE 150°547 m21.1 mi
Pond MountainSW 223°542 m17.4 mi
Swain MountainSW 214°540 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:26
June solstice05:5719:5820:37
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2316:2317:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333846566574787769574636
Precip in2.52.74.45.15.54.34.13.04.33.74.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galena, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358064662

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