Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 253 m in Texas. Pat Dick Hill stands 291 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Point, a peak 1.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 6.7 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Denton County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q31708011, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 253 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Patrick Park: 1.4 mi
- Southwest Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Argyle Community Park: 1.9 mi
- Robson Ranch: 2.8 mi
- Bent Creek Park: 3.0 mi
- Argyle United Methodist Church: 1.7 mi
- Graham-Argyle Cemetery: 1.9 mi
- Argyle: 2.3 mi
- Johns' Well and Campgrounds: 2.4 mi
- Prairie Mound Cemetery: 3.3 mi
- Peterbuilt Truck: 3.7 mi
- Spriki: 4.3 mi
- Harmony: 4.8 mi
- UNT Logo: 4.9 mi
- The Sustaining Arch: 5.0 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 5.0 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 5.2 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 5.7 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- African American Museum: 5.6 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 5.8 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 6.7 mi
- Explorium: 7.2 mi
- Long Point: 1.2 mi
- Crawford Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.0 mi
- Blue Mound: 8.3 mi
- Town Common: 11.2 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 2.6 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 6.7 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 15.6 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 15.7 mi
- Moxley Manor: 20.8 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 11.2 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 13.9 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 21.4 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 22.6 mi
- Elizabethtown: 10.0 mi
- Camey Spur: 20.4 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 14.5 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 19.9 mi
- Shayhan Point: 10.7 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 12.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dick Hill | W 271° | 291 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Olive | NNE 18° | 255 m | 23.0 mi |
| Blue Mound | N 360° | 244 m | 8.3 mi |
| Long Point | SW 216° | 234 m | 1.2 mi |
| Crawford Hill | S 188° | 231 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Donwell | S 175° | 218 m | 16.2 mi |
| Town Common | S 183° | 217 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 22° | 207 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:49 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton Municpal AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1344016 — Pilot Knob, Denton County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356718813
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