Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob rises to 460 m in Missouri. Lead Hill stands 529 m to the northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Douglas County Veterans Memorial, a historic site 4.6 miles away. Glade Top Trail passes 13 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Douglas County, Missouri, United States
Wikidata Q31608358, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 460 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Glade Top Trail
- 25.4 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 160.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Smoke Tree Scenic Vista · 14 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 16 mi
- Caney Overlook · 17 mi
79 named places within 25 miles
- Keyger Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Table Rock Knob: 8.0 mi
- Lead Hill: 9.5 mi
- Coon Knob Hill: 10.5 mi
- Iron Mountain: 13.0 mi
- Coon Spring: 6.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 10.5 mi
- Hoffmeister Spring: 11.5 mi
- Todd Spring: 11.7 mi
- Callaway Riley Spring: 14.5 mi
- Bryant: 7.8 mi
- Larissa: 9.8 mi
- Finley Falls: 11.6 mi
- Silverton: 15.4 mi
- Velsor: 16.5 mi
- Douglas County Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Carl Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Chateau Charmant: 11.9 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Grave: 12.0 mi
- Rose Wilder's Grave: 12.0 mi
- Ava City Park: 4.6 mi
- South Park: 10.4 mi
- Town Square: 11.8 mi
- Seymour State Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Rippee State Wildlife Management Area: 17.1 mi
- Arkansas View Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Caney Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Wolf Junction: 20.5 mi
- Wilder Home Museum: 12.1 mi
- Laura Ingalls Wilder House: 12.2 mi
- Laura Ingals Wilder Statue: 11.8 mi
- Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 15.8 mi
- White Hart Renaissance Fair: 19.2 mi
- The Falls: 23.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Hill | NE 36° | 529 m | 9.5 mi |
| Keyger Mountain | W 271° | 508 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mary Gray Hill | ENE 62° | 502 m | 17.3 mi |
| Pleasant Knob | NNE 17° | 495 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pinnacle | S 187° | 446 m | 18.1 mi |
| Coon Knob Hill | SE 143° | 445 m | 10.5 mi |
| Timber Knob | SE 143° | 440 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pine Knob | SE 139° | 428 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:18 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — AVA 6NW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 724351 — Pilot Knob, Douglas County, Missouri.
OpenStreetMap element node/358039314
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