Royal Gorge, Pilot Knob

#1 among attractions in Pilot Knob

Top attraction, Natural attraction, Canyon

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Royal Gorge is a gap in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The gap is at a point where Minor Creek cuts through a ridge in Ketcherside Mountain. Routes 72 and 21 pass through the gap southwest of Ironton. ()

Coordinates: 37°32'30"N, 90°40'57"W

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Royal Gorge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Taum Sauk Mountain, Wildcat Mountain, Arcadia Valley, Iron County Courthouse.

3.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Taum Sauk Mountain, Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
81 min walk • Taum Sauk Mountain in the Saint Francois Mountains is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Missouri at 1,772 feet. The topography of Taum Sauk is that of an elongated ridge with a NNW-SSE orientation rather than a peak.
4.3 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Wildcat Mountain, Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
111 min walk • Wildcat Mountain is a summit in Iron County, Missouri, located 1.4 miles west of Taum Sauk Mountain, Missouri's highest peak. Wildcat Mountain's summit elevation is only about two feet less than that of Taum Sauk Mountain.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Arcadia Valley, Ironton
140 min walk • Arcadia Valley in Missouri is located 80 miles south of St. Louis in the St. Francois Mountains of the Ozark Plateau. The valley includes of the towns of Arcadia, Ironton and Pilot Knob, all founded in the 19th century.
4.9 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Iron County Courthouse, Ironton
125 min walk • Iron County Courthouse is a historic courthouse complex located in Ironton, Iron County, Missouri. In 1979 the courthouse, along with several associated buildings, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
4.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Hovey, Arcadia
116 min walk • Fort Hovey was a small Civil War era earth-and-wood fort built on a hill overlooking the junction of the road running south out of Ironton, Missouri and the road running east to Fredericktown, Missouri.
5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ironton
129 min walk • St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at the northwestern corner of Knob and Reynolds Streets in Ironton, Iron County, Missouri. It was built in 1870–1871, and is a rectangular, Gothic Revival style frame building. It measures 23 feet by 60 feet. It has a steep ridge roof and three story corner bell tower.
4.9 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Ironton Lodge Hall, Ironton
126 min walk • Ironton Lodge Hall, also known as Star of the West Lodge, No. 133, A. F. & A. M. Building; and Iron Lodge No. 107. I.O.O.F. is a historic lodge hall located at Ironton, Iron County, Missouri.
5.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Devils Den Hollow, Mark Twain National Forest
149 min walk • Devils Den Hollow is a valley in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Devils Den Hollow was so named on account of its treacherous terrain.
7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Womble Hollow, Mark Twain National Forest
180 min walk • Womble Hollow is a valley in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri, north of Sawyer School. Womble Hollow has the name of the local Womble family.
4.1 miNE
Universities and schools, Tudor Revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
Arcadia College, Arcadia
106 min walk • Arcadia College, located in Arcadia, Missouri, United States, was founded by Rev. J.C. Berryman in 1843. The institution was associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Berryman then sold the institution in 1858 and it closed in 1861. The buildings were used as hospital for Union soldiers before reverting to Berryman in 1863.