Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 912 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the north-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Swain County, North Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q31635095, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 912.204 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 6.6 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 12.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 13 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 13 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 13 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Creek Falls: 0.5 mi
- Upper Bear Creek Falls: 0.5 mi
- Jonas Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 5.6 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 2.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 14.2 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 15.1 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 15.4 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 16.4 mi
- Evans Knob: 2.4 mi
- Evans Knob: 2.4 mi
- Bee Knob: 2.4 mi
- Bearwallow Bald: 3.4 mi
- Welch Bald: 3.6 mi
- David Monteith Park: 5.6 mi
- Swain County Park: 6.2 mi
- Riverfront Park: 7.5 mi
- MacNeill Park: 7.5 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 7.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 7.5 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 7.6 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 7.7 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 14.2 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 14.5 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 13.3 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 14.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 16.6 mi
- The Jump-up: 9.5 mi
- Ramsey Cliff: 13.7 mi
- Winding Stairs: 13.7 mi
- Alum Cave: 14.0 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 7.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 14.8 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.1 mi
- Bear: 17.8 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 20.4 mi
- Moai Statue: 20.7 mi
- Sylva Mural: 20.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.4 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 17.0 mi
- Vista Gardens: 17.4 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Franklin Garden: 22.3 mi
- Judson: 4.1 mi
- Proctor: 8.7 mi
- Elkmont: 13.1 mi
- Calderwood: 23.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 12.3 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 16.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 20.6 mi
- Wine Spring: 20.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | NNE 32° | 2,024.79 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | NNE 29° | 2,004.12 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Love | NNE 32° | 1,955.79 m | 8.4 mi |
| Andrews Bald | NE 41° | 1,801.11 m | 6.8 mi |
| Silers Bald | N 3° | 1,706.06 m | 7.0 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | NNE 13° | 1,697.78 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cold Spring Knob | NNW 346° | 1,595.73 m | 8.2 mi |
| Brier Knob | NW 321° | 1,591.05 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bryson City 4, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021898 — Pilot Knob, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808601
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