Mountain · Sauratown Mountains · North Carolina

Pilot Mountain

738 m2,421 ft

Prominence: 389 m1,278 ft
Isolation: 9.5 km
Tonight: 42°FFair · Wind 7 mph NE

Pilot Mountain is a 738 m (2,421 ft) mountain in the Sauratown Mountains, North Carolina, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 738 m · 2,421 ft
Nearest higher peak: Moore's Knob (786 m)
Range: Sauratown Mountains
Region: North Carolina, United States
Protected area: Pilot Mountain State Park Registered Heritage Area
Coordinates: 36.3402° N, 80.4743° W

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3D map

Pilot Mountain 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Pilot Mountain terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Pilot Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Pilot Mountain weather

Tonight · Fair · 42°F (6°C) · Wind 7 mph NE

Pilot Mountain forecast for the summit, about 433 m.

Tonight42°–7 mph NE
Sat42°62°–8 mph NE
Sun40°65°–8 mph NE
Mon41°70°–0–3 mph N
Tue45°72°–3 mph NE
Wed46°67°–5 mph NE
Thu47°71°1%3 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:00 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Pilot Mountain

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Pilot Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.5 km W
+2 more within 1.0 km
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Nearest campsite
Pilot Mountain State Park Campground
0.9 km N · +1 more within 3.7 km
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Nearest caravan site
Greystone RV Park
2.3 km E
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All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.5 km W
Pilot Mountain State Park CampgroundCampsite	0.9 km N
Overflow ParkingParking	0.9 km NE
Parking	1.0 km ENE
Greystone RV ParkCaravan site	2.3 km E
Jomeokee CampgroundCampsite	3.7 km SE

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

89.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

10.6%

Steep, 30–45°

0.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.3% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 494 m low point 242 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 69.2%Grassland 25.2%Cropland 3.7%Built-up 1.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 987 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eastern Fence Lizard107
Mountain laurel101
Mountain spleenwort65
Galax64
Common Five-lined Skink62
Black Vulture55

Where it sits

Where Pilot Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Tillery131 km SSE

Downloads

Pilot Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPilot Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-04.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 736 m at the summit; the official height is 738 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 43 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	738 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	738 m	-0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	736 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-30	705 m	-33 m
Copernicus GLO-90	695 m	-43 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-04)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Pilot Mountain

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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