Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 693 m in West Virginia. Snakeden Mountain stands 1,169 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Birch Mountain, a peak 4.7 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Webster County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31468745, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 693 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Birch Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Barnette Hill: 6.8 mi
- Big Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Ware Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Elk Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Tioga Community Park: 7.8 mi
- Bee Run Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Cowen Town Park: 9.3 mi
- Sutton Downtown Historic District: 10.3 mi
- Holly Gray Park: 10.6 mi
- Hanging Rock: 15.1 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 17.1 mi
- Circus Wall: 22.9 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 23.0 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 23.1 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 17.7 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 20.8 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 9.1 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 18.2 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 21.7 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 23.4 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Bulltown: 18.1 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 21.7 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 23.4 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 23.9 mi
- Gilmer County: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Pilot Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snakeden Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,169 m | 18.0 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SSE 151° | 1,166 m | 20.8 mi |
| Briery Knob | SSE 154° | 1,145 m | 19.1 mi |
| Red Oak Knob | SE 141° | 1,129 m | 15.8 mi |
| Cold Knob | ESE 107° | 1,129 m | 19.5 mi |
| Redoak Knob | E 100° | 1,102 m | 20.4 mi |
| Potato Knob | E 91° | 1,077 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bee Knob | SE 124° | 987 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555353 — Pilot Knob, Webster County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525180
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