Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Pilot Knob

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Pilot Knob — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.25265, -93.55281. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pilot Knob

• Buddy Holly Crash Site · attraction · Cerro Gordo · ~18 km · Must-see
• McIntosh Woods State Park · sanctuary · Cerro Gordo · ~20 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Cerro Gordo · ~22 km · Must-see
• Parkers Woods · park · Cerro Gordo · ~37 km · Must-see
• KRIB-AM (Mason City) · church · Cerro Gordo · ~39 km · Must-see
• Charles H. Macnider Art Museum · museum · Cerro Gordo · ~39 km · Must-see
• Pickerel Lake Park · lake · Freeborn · ~54 km · Must-see
• Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Kossuth · ~59 km · Must-see
• Mansion Museum · museum · Winnebago · ~9 km
• Holtan Farm Museum · museum · Winnebago · ~11 km
• Ambroson Recreation Area · sanctuary · Winnebago · ~13 km
• Winan's Creek Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Worth · ~16 km
• Buddy Holly Glasses · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~19 km
• Farmers Beach · beach · Cerro Gordo · ~22 km
• Three Stars Monument · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~23 km
• Dodges Beach · beach · Cerro Gordo · ~23 km
• National Register of Historic Places · fort · Cerro Gordo · ~23 km
• Lake Mills Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock · fort · Winnebago · ~23 km

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Other hill stations & viewpoints near Pilot Knob

• Steamboat Rock · viewpoint · Hardin · ~128 km
• Devil's Gulch · viewpoint · Blue Earth · ~132 km
• Big Moe · viewpoint · Blue Earth · ~134 km
• Maya Ḣe Sápa · viewpoint · Blue Earth · ~135 km
• Good Counsel Hill · viewpoint · Blue Earth · ~136 km
• Martin County Highest Point · viewpoint · Martin · ~136 km
• South Overlook · viewpoint · Blue Earth · ~136 km
• Klondike Hill · viewpoint · Le Sueur · ~136 km
• North Overlook · viewpoint · Blue Earth · ~137 km
• Steamboat Rock · viewpoint · Howard · ~147 km

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