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: 37.62370, -83.31462. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pilot Knob

• Big Lovely Mountain · viewpoint · Knott · ~30 km · Must-see
• Red River Gorge Zipline · viewpoint · Wolfe · ~40 km · Must-see
• Clifty Wilderness · sanctuary · Menifee · ~41 km · Must-see
• Natural Bridge State Resort Park · park · Powell · ~46 km · Must-see
• Buckhorn Lake · lake · Leslie · ~46 km · Must-see
• Stuffley Knob · viewpoint · Johnson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Kentucky Reptile Zoo · sanctuary · Powell · ~49 km · Must-see
• Paintsville Lake · lake · Johnson · ~55 km · Must-see
• Cave Run Lake · cave · Rowan · ~59 km · Must-see
• Carr Creek Lake · lake · Knott · ~65 km · Must-see
• Dewey Lake · lake · Floyd · ~67 km · Must-see
• Olympia State Forest · sanctuary · Bath · ~71 km · Must-see
• Bach Memorial Church · church · Breathitt · ~8 km
• Panbowl Full Gospel Church · church · Breathitt · ~9 km
• Bald Hill · viewpoint · Breathitt · ~9 km
• Faith Pentecostal Church · church · Breathitt · ~10 km
• Fivemile Church · church · Breathitt · ~11 km
• Breathitt County Museum · museum · Breathitt · ~13 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Pilot Knob

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Pilot Knob

• Big Lovely Mountain · viewpoint · Knott · ~30 km · Must-see
• Red River Gorge Zipline · viewpoint · Wolfe · ~40 km · Must-see
• Stuffley Knob · viewpoint · Johnson · ~49 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Rowan · ~86 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Letcher · ~93 km · Must-see
• Halls Butt · viewpoint · Letcher · ~99 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Dickenson · ~106 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Harlan · ~107 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Harlan · ~109 km · Must-see
• Powell Valley · viewpoint · Harlan · ~122 km · Must-see

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