Pilot Knob
Mayan Peak

Fri, Feb 25, 2005

With: Matthew Holliman
Mike Larkin

Etymology
Pilot Knob
Mayan Peak
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Pilot Knob (6,220 ft.)

Named by USGS in 1908

"Possibly named by the USGS during the survey for the Kernville 30' map; it is on the first edition, 1908."
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada

"Named by the USGS. Its well defined form dominates the valley of the South Fork of the Kern River and likely would have been used as a defining landmark as a guide for travelers through the Walker Pass area. This peak is also on the SPS Peak List.

Name first appears on USGS Kernville Quad (1908)

Peak was added to the HPS Peak List in 1972."

- HPS Summit Signatures


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