Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 429 m in Tennessee. Alpine Mountain stands 574 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Clay County, Tennessee, United States.
Wikidata Q31682895, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 429 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
- 14.0 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 28.1 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Knob: 0.7 mi
- Grogan Hill: 3.6 mi
- Chowning Knob: 7.1 mi
- White Hill: 8.9 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Donaldson Park Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Pleasant Grove Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Willow Grove Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- Lillydale Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Star Point Marina: 12.5 mi
- Eagle Cove Marina: 13.4 mi
- Wisdom Marina: 14.1 mi
- Wolf River Marina: 15.4 mi
- launch site for kayak: 17.6 mi
- Knob Creek Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Accordion Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Seven Sisters Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Wpa Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Wash Morgan Falls: 18.2 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 19.7 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 19.7 mi
- Savannah Falls: 21.4 mi
- Charlotte Falls: 21.7 mi
- Clay County Museum: 3.5 mi
- Monroe County Historical Society Museum: 14.4 mi
- Overton County Museum: 16.3 mi
- Mud Camp Creek Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- Olympus: 16.0 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Mountain | SE 139° | 574 m | 20.5 mi |
| Gullet Mountain | SE 143° | 566 m | 19.6 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SSE 152° | 565 m | 23.9 mi |
| Egypt Knob | SE 133° | 554 m | 23.9 mi |
| Stout Mountain | SE 145° | 551 m | 23.8 mi |
| King Mountain | ESE 123° | 541 m | 23.3 mi |
| Threet Mountain | SE 132° | 533 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sewell Mountain | ENE 66° | 532 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:50 | 16:30 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston Radio Wliv, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356826946
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