Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. 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.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

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

How to reach Pilot Knob — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.05637, -97.85482. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pilot Knob

• Baldhill Dam · lake · Barnes · ~22 km · Must-see
• Pioneer Park · park · Barnes · ~24 km · Must-see
• City Park · park · Barnes · ~24 km · Must-see
• Tomahawk National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Barnes · ~31 km · Must-see
• Hobart Lake National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Barnes · ~32 km · Must-see
• Stoney Slough National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Barnes · ~54 km · Must-see
• Griggs County Museum · museum · Griggs · ~59 km · Must-see
• Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site · attraction · Griggs · ~67 km · Must-see
• Fort Ransom State Park · fort · Ransom · ~71 km · Must-see
• Barnes County Municipal Airport · lake · Barnes · ~22 km
• Valley Apostolic · church · Barnes · ~23 km
• Barnes County Historical Society Museum · museum · Barnes · ~23 km
• Established 1883 · fort · Barnes · ~24 km
• 1916 Buffalo High School · fort · Cass · ~34 km
• Green Consolidated School · fort · Barnes · ~38 km
• Steele County Historical Society · museum · Steele · ~39 km
• Moon Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · Barnes · ~40 km
• Waldhiem Church · church · Barnes · ~55 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pilot Knob

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Pilot Knob

• Sevenmile Coulee · viewpoint · Stutsman · ~70 km
• Bears Den Hillock · viewpoint · Ransom · ~73 km
• Streaman Coulee · viewpoint · Stutsman · ~76 km
• Butte Michaud · viewpoint · Griggs · ~80 km
• Dry Coulee · viewpoint · LaMoure · ~90 km
• Boulder Pile · viewpoint · Cass · ~102 km
• Minneapolis Flats · viewpoint · Stutsman · ~104 km
• Minneapolis Flats · viewpoint · LaMoure · ~108 km
• Devils Thumb · viewpoint · Eddy · ~113 km
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Eddy · ~132 km

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