Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 366 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain 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. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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 25 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | N 353° | 1,075 m | 11.3 mi |
| The Flag Pole | 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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