Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 366 m in Tennessee. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Melton Lake Marina, a park 0.8 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31682858, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 366 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 18.1 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Melton Lake Marina: 0.8 mi
- Elm Grove Park: 1.2 mi
- Briarcliff Park: 1.2 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Park: 1.8 mi
- Carl Yearwood Park: 2.0 mi
- Fanny Knob: 5.3 mi
- Rainy Knob: 5.4 mi
- Grave Hill: 5.9 mi
- Big Butte: 6.2 mi
- College Hill: 6.3 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 2.8 mi
- International Friendship Bell: 3.5 mi
- The Clinton 12 – Walking into History: 5.9 mi
- Magnet Mills: 6.1 mi
- Village of Brothers: 11.9 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 3.0 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 3.7 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 3.8 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 5.9 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 7.7 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Bull Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 8.7 mi
- River Ridge: 10.9 mi
- Keller Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 10.3 mi
- Massengil Spring: 11.4 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 15.7 mi
- Hardin Spring: 15.7 mi
- Poplar Spring: 16.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.1 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 15.6 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Grow Lab: 16.1 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 16.3 mi
- Aspire: 6.0 mi
- Abandoned Train: 12.6 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 14.7 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 16.6 mi
- Caboose: 21.5 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 19.6 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 19.7 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 19.7 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Wheat: 11.6 mi
- Fork Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Loyston: 21.4 mi
- Montgomery: 23.4 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 16.6 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 16.7 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 17.5 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 23.5 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 12.7 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 20.8 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 24.9 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 16.6 mi
- Debord Falls: 16.8 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 21.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Pole | N 353° | 1,075 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cross Mountain | N 353° | 1,075 m | 11.3 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,027 m | 10.5 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | WNW 293° | 1,013 m | 12.7 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,008 m | 10.5 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,007 m | 15.3 mi |
| Squire Knob | WNW 300° | 1,002 m | 16.1 mi |
| Frozen Head | WNW 293° | 1,001 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1297485 — Pilot Knob, Anderson County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356826918
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