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Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Pilot Knob rises to 534 m in Tennessee. Tyler Mountain stands 597 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Linder Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Overton County, Tennessee, United States

Wikidata Q31682984, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
534 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.42395, -85.23607

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
Cliffs: 31
Museums: 10
  • Overton County Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Old Jail: 16.9 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Clay County Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Alvin C York Home: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 9
  • East Point Marina: 6.6 mi
  • good landing beach: 7.6 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 8.6 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 8.6 mi
  • Star Point Marina: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Charlotte Falls: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Standing Stone State Park: 5.6 mi
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 17.8 mi
  • The Pink Elephant: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tyler MountainS 181°597 m15.5 mi
Green Pond MountainSSE 166°592 m15.7 mi
Copeland MountainS 182°585 m15.3 mi
Harris MountainSSW 191°582 m11.4 mi
Negro MountainSSE 168°577 m14.8 mi
Alpine MountainS 177°574 m4.2 mi
Round TopS 180°572 m13.9 mi
France MountainS 182°570 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2419:2520:03
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:5015:5016:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584840
Precip in4.74.75.04.84.74.74.64.33.92.93.75.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston Radio Wliv, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1310301 — Pilot Knob, Overton County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356851021

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