Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 457 m in Michigan. Summit Mountain stands 571 m to the southeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Bancroft Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
Wikidata Q33143594, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 457 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Bancroft Park: 0.1 mi
- Lake Angeline Park: 0.9 mi
- Al Quaal Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Ishpeming Township Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Jackson Park: 2.5 mi
- Jasper Knob: 1.2 mi
- Summit Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Wewe Hills: 8.0 mi
- Kona Hills: 8.4 mi
- Ragged Hills: 9.6 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Museum: 0.2 mi
- Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum: 0.2 mi
- U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame: 0.8 mi
- Negaunee Historical Society Museum: 3.5 mi
- Michigan Iron Industry Museum: 5.7 mi
- Warner Falls: 5.6 mi
- Morgan Meadows Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Morgan Meadows Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lower Carp Falls: 11.0 mi
- Morgan Falls: 11.4 mi
- Vielmetti-Peters Conservation Reserve: 9.5 mi
- Forests for the Future #16 Reserve: 9.9 mi
- Echo Lake Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Forestville Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Michigan North Woods Club: 12.8 mi
- Teal Lake Beach: 3.3 mi
- Hidden Beach: 13.3 mi
- Dead River Beach: 14.7 mi
- Picnic Rocks Beach: 14.7 mi
- Middle Bay Beach: 15.1 mi
- Jackson Mine Monument: 3.8 mi
- Site of Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster: 4.9 mi
- Forestville Fireplace: 11.5 mi
- Harlow Farms First Homestead: 12.4 mi
- Bartlett King: 13.0 mi
- Lower Harbor Ore Dock: 14.0 mi
- Fire Bell: 14.0 mi
- McClintock Annex: 14.2 mi
- Abandoned Soviet Transport IL-76: 17.2 mi
- Lockheed T-33: 17.6 mi
- Last Bluff: 0.3 mi
- The Cut: 12.8 mi
- Migisy Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Black Rocks: 15.7 mi
- Incubator Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- NMU Hoop House: 13.9 mi
- Marquette Community Gardens: 15.2 mi
- KI Sawyer Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Marquette Harbor Lighthouse: 14.8 mi
- Breakwater Light: 15.4 mi
- Father Marquette Statue: 13.9 mi
- Marquette Welcome Center: 15.0 mi
- Thomas Rock Natural Area: 20.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Mountain | SE 144° | 571 m | 3.8 mi |
| Wewe Hills | ESE 109° | 493 m | 8.0 mi |
| Green Hills | S 185° | 467 m | 11.2 mi |
| Ives Hill | NNW 342° | 460 m | 24.1 mi |
| Ragged Hills | E 98° | 421 m | 9.6 mi |
| Kona Hills | E 99° | 416 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NE 49° | 372 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Marquette | E 84° | 337 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:55 | 19:24 | 20:03 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 21:01 | 21:48 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 08:32 | 16:16 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 15 | 24 | 36 | 50 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ishpeming Wwtp, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 634893 — Pilot Knob, Marquette County, Michigan.
OpenStreetMap element node/353960832
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