Pilot Mountain
Pilot Mountain rises to 767 m in North Carolina. Bearwallow Mountain stands 1,281 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Drovers Road passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31635119, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 767 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Drovers Road
- 1.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 9.1 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 7 mi
- Exclamation Point · 7 mi
- Devil's Head · 7 mi
- Opera Box · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Edneyville Community Park: 1.3 mi
- Jackson Park: 6.6 mi
- William H. King Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 6.9 mi
- Berkeley Mills Park: 7.1 mi
- Oleta Falls: 2.1 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Upper Hungry River Falls: 4.8 mi
- Game Land Falls: 5.1 mi
- Lower Hungry River Falls: 5.3 mi
- Jones Knob: 0.9 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lamb Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Lewis Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 1.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 7.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 8.2 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 11.6 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 11.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 7.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 15.1 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Spring Garden: 16.4 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 6.6 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 7.4 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 9.2 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 9.2 mi
- House of Flags: 11.6 mi
- Southern X793: 7.1 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 7.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 7.4 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 9.4 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 15.9 mi
- Statue of Diana: 16.4 mi
- Orange Bear: 16.5 mi
- Globe: 16.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 18.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 4.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 4.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Worlds Edge: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 6.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 9.4 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 8.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 9.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 23.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 23.7 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Pilot Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | N 355° | 1,281 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,208 m | 5.1 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | N 0° | 1,208 m | 6.6 mi |
| Turkey Knob | N 351° | 1,136 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bank Mountain | NW 324° | 1,128 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | NW 326° | 1,086 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | NW 306° | 1,082 m | 5.9 mi |
| Face Rock | NNW 342° | 1,042 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021903 — Pilot Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808610
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 19 mi
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