Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 624 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Private Village Green - Residents Only, a park 2.1 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1297481).
Wikidata Q31682913, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 624 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dugger Hill: 2.2 mi
- Big Level: 2.8 mi
- Cowen Knob: 4.2 mi
- Scott Pinnacle: 5.0 mi
- McCager Point: 5.2 mi
- Private Village Green - Residents Only: 2.1 mi
- Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 2.5 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 4.8 mi
- Meadow Park Lake: 8.9 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 9.7 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 6.7 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 6.9 mi
- Virgin Falls: 7.9 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Rockhouse Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 11.2 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 12.4 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 13.1 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 13.4 mi
- Copper Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Medley Arch: 11.9 mi
- Brady Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 16.0 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 16.7 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 13.8 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 13.8 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 15.5 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 15.7 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 20.3 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 10.6 mi
- George's Hole: 12.8 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 12.9 mi
- Sunset Rock: 13.6 mi
- George's Hole: 12.9 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 20.3 mi
- Roadside Table: 20.4 mi
- Dripping Spring: 14.9 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 17.7 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 21.5 mi
- Moulton Spring: 22.1 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 23.6 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 23.6 mi
- Troop 45: 24.9 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 2.1 mi
- Sam: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | E 97° | 931 m | 12.3 mi |
| Dorton Knob | E 91° | 910 m | 12.1 mi |
| Brady Mountain | E 82° | 893 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | E 91° | 893 m | 13.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 75° | 862 m | 17.5 mi |
| Worthington Knob | SE 134° | 775 m | 11.3 mi |
| Gort Knob | ESE 116° | 774 m | 11.9 mi |
| Walker Knob | ESE 122° | 766 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:52 | 16:31 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crossville MEM AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1297481 — Pilot Knob, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356826904
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