Clay City in Powell County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Pilot Knob

Photographed by Frank Profitt, February 5, 2021

1. Pilot Knob Marker

Inscription.

Daniel Boone and Party first viewed "The Beautiful Level of Kentucky" June 7 1769 from this bench atop this knob.

Erected by Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 132.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Exploration. A significant historical date for this entry is June 7, 1769.

Location. 37° 54.333′ N, 83° 58.104′ W. Marker is in Clay City, Kentucky, in Powell County. It is at the intersection of Winchester Road (Kentucky Route 15) and Brush creek Road, on the right when traveling north on Winchester Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Clay City KY 40312, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s The Knobs

and in the Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lulbegrud Creek (approx. 1.7 miles away); Indian Old Fields (approx. 2.8 miles away); Clay City Timber Industry / Early Iron Works (approx. 4 miles away); Collecting Red River's History (approx. 4 miles away); Courthouse Burned (approx. 7 miles away); Daniel Boone's Settlement / Scholl's Station-Schollsville (approx. 7 miles away); Persian Gulf War Memorial (approx. 7 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clay City.

More about this marker. its slightly hidden by tree coverage

Photographed by Frank Profitt, February 5, 2021

2. Pilot Knob Marker

Photographed by Frank Profitt, February 5, 2021

3. Pilot Knob Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2021, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. This page has been viewed 984 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 5, 2021, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.