Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 396 m in Tennessee. Locust Knob stands 412 m to the south-southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Bluff, a cliff 2.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, geonames ID=4649337.
Wikidata Q31683041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 396 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Prater Hill: 2.5 mi
- Locust Knob: 2.9 mi
- Gowen Knob: 4.1 mi
- Bread Tray Hill: 4.6 mi
- Dickens Hill: 6.3 mi
- Bell Buckle Historic District: 8.6 mi
- Barfield Crescent Park: 9.5 mi
- Barfield Crescent Disc Golf: 9.8 mi
- Rogers Park: 10.2 mi
- MTSU Campus Seal: 11.7 mi
- Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery: 5.0 mi
- Bellbuckle Caboose: 8.6 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 12.5 mi
- Fortress Rosecrans: 13.5 mi
- Mason Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Saltpeter Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Bald Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Tarpley Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Discovery Center: 11.9 mi
- Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum: 12.0 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 12.1 mi
- Park Office / Visitor Center / Museum / Gift Shop: 17.2 mi
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 22.3 mi
- Short Springs Natural Area: 19.9 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 21.1 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 21.7 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 21.8 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 23.9 mi
- Maney Spring: 12.8 mi
- Natural Spring House: 20.2 mi
- Short Spring: 20.7 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 14.1 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 15.7 mi
- Cooper Steel Arena: 17.1 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 11.9 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 12.2 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.2 mi
- Hopewell: 5.8 mi
- State Street Garden: 11.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Knob | SSW 206° | 412 m | 2.9 mi |
| Hickory Hill | WSW 248° | 405 m | 6.6 mi |
| Gowen Knob | NNE 20° | 399 m | 4.1 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | WSW 245° | 386 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gilly Hill | E 96° | 386 m | 7.2 mi |
| Flat Mountain | ESE 119° | 385 m | 17.1 mi |
| Versailles Knob | W 277° | 381 m | 15.1 mi |
| Summitville Mountain | ESE 121° | 380 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:57 | 16:36 |
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 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wartrace 6E, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1297480 — Pilot Knob, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356826901
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