Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations
Lonely mountains · By Dirk Frankenberg
Pilot Mountain
Figure 4. The distinctive profile of Pilot Mountain is easily recognized from a distance. (Photograph by the author. More about the photograph)
Pilot Mountain has a striking profile long used as a landmark by both native Americans and early colonists. Rising more than 1,400 feet above the upper Piedmont plateau, it is easily seen from a distance.
