tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post115390127139478242..comments2024-03-09T13:49:36.566-06:00Comments on Prairie Bluestem: Pilot RockGenevieve Netzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-60490819548487879592021-04-29T17:16:59.686-05:002021-04-29T17:16:59.686-05:00People need to fight to have this site a historic ...People need to fight to have this site a historic landmark and not privately owned im ashamed that nobody is doing anything about this it should be protected now privately owned so nobody can go and see this beautiful site Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231580263654900401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-17463339142652524552020-11-08T22:08:18.384-06:002020-11-08T22:08:18.384-06:00Thanks for sharing! Just heard of this n wanted to...Thanks for sharing! Just heard of this n wanted to research. What an amazing place and I plan to go with a friend who has been few times before. Definately on my BUCKET list! BTW what incredible rocks! Never have I seen colors like that, very beautiful. Mother Nature truly is breath taking.Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133031070937074120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-40476494881195803882019-08-02T18:42:48.591-05:002019-08-02T18:42:48.591-05:00Yes there was a fire tower there for sure the mili...Yes there was a fire tower there for sure the military used a helicopter to lay it in the field next to it and dismantled it a number of years agoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-3891092254461423682018-12-25T20:46:22.770-06:002018-12-25T20:46:22.770-06:00Can people still visit pilot rock? Would like to g...Can people still visit pilot rock? Would like to go in a few days to take pictures of some friends getting married soon thought that would be great pictures :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-22787953853277816232018-07-17T04:52:57.720-05:002018-07-17T04:52:57.720-05:00I used to go there back in the late 90's when ...I used to go there back in the late 90's when I was in high school. I've climbed it numerous times. <br />A little history: Native Americans did use this place as a look out and for ritual purposes. During the Civil war, this was both a Union and Confederate lookout post with canons mounted up top.There once was a fire tower up there once also. I went back in 2005 and was appauld by how trashy it was. I picked up at least 7 big lawn bags of trash that day. With its rich history and it being registers as a state landmark, I'm very surprised it has not been turned into a state park yet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788185117690218845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-6021982658805168842015-04-14T19:21:56.053-05:002015-04-14T19:21:56.053-05:00Pilot Rock stairs and fire tower info shared KNE f...Pilot Rock stairs and fire tower info shared KNE front page with Sputnik:<br />https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19571004&id=veErAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HmcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2054,348416&hl=enAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-78327993897808591802014-05-02T22:14:45.215-05:002014-05-02T22:14:45.215-05:00there were wooden steps up one side back in the 50...there were wooden steps up one side back in the 50's when I was there. In the late 80's I dared to climb up the back side of the rock where there were no steps.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-63805630969669856882013-11-11T09:12:29.687-06:002013-11-11T09:12:29.687-06:00Hey y'all--I'm a local. I live in the Cl...Hey y'all--I'm a local. I live in the Clifty area. My dad owns the hill behind my house ENE of Pilot Rock --great view of the Rock from my my driveway and the hill. I take lots of photos of Pilot Rock from my dad's hill(abt 900 ft. above sea level). Fyi: There was a firetower on Pilot Rock years ago. My class went there several times on school trips from Clifty Elementary School and students would go up to the top of the tower. I'm deathly afraid of heights, so I never climbed to the top of the tower. There used to be steps going up. When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I rode with my dad to Hoptown to sell a cow. We stopped at the Rock to check on the cow and guys were pouring concrete and making the steps --- that would have been around about 1970. Sections of the steps are still there. I have no idea who the men were who put the steps there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-75388417638192187362012-12-14T23:38:57.126-06:002012-12-14T23:38:57.126-06:00I took a friend of mine out there a few years back...I took a friend of mine out there a few years back who is a geologist. He told me that Pilot Rock is caprock. This essentially means (as I understood it) that it's one of the last remaining pieces of the original rock surface of this area. The rest of it has eroded away over millions of years.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617026071006797572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-38789564884809333862011-07-14T01:57:56.970-05:002011-07-14T01:57:56.970-05:00I think there was once a fire tower on top of Pilo...I think there was once a fire tower on top of Pilot Rock? Or at least, it was <a href="http://www.firelookout.org/towers/ky/ky.htm" rel="nofollow">used as an observation point.</a> I presume the steps were built at that time. My son tells me that they have mostly fallen or broken down now.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-90259575064834417802011-07-13T22:11:35.630-05:002011-07-13T22:11:35.630-05:00Who put the steps in?Who put the steps in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-39595342041889218732011-03-12T00:36:05.514-06:002011-03-12T00:36:05.514-06:00Actually there is a fault line that runs near Pilo...Actually there is a fault line that runs near Pilot Rock. It is inactive but who knows it could of caused the rock formation. I enjoy going over to Pilot Rock. It is very nice and peaceful. It would be nice though if some people had not taken spray paint and messed up the natural beauty of it. Sad to say young people do not care anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-78230744013325115842009-06-13T23:26:36.355-05:002009-06-13T23:26:36.355-05:00Bilz, take Highway 107 (East 7th Street) to Highwa...Bilz, take Highway 107 (East 7th Street) to Highway 507 and follow 507 about ten miles or so east of Hopkinsville. You will go right past the Rock. But if you decide to climb it, be careful. Particularly, it's a bad idea to climb it if you're not 100% sober. A girl <a href="http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/posts/press/2009/post2_pr04_28_09.htm" rel="nofollow">fell to her death</a> in April.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-34628149559444903442009-06-13T10:30:23.564-05:002009-06-13T10:30:23.564-05:00I too, spent some time at Pilot Rock as a kid in t...I too, spent some time at Pilot Rock as a kid in the 70's and 80's. We used to party there in high school. Although we were in the wrong for drinking underage, we did not use spray paint or damage anything. Just drank and had a good time. One gal with us fell once and broke her arm. All she could do was laugh and ask us to lower her a beer.<br /> This past Christmas day(2008), I drove all around Hopkinsville, Elkton, etc, looking for Pilot Rock for ole times sake and could not find it. I was disappointed because I too would have like to climb it. Now I am stationed in Korea and will have to wait to get to the area again. Could someone post directions from Hoptown or Elkton to Pilot rock? I would hate to miss out on it again. <br /> Those rocks look good. I took some one time from Lake Barkley area once for my aquarium. They were beautiful.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02235586038396609285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-72053231864269677662006-09-08T22:49:00.000-05:002006-09-08T22:49:00.000-05:00Puddingstone is big clasts in a fine matrix, where...Puddingstone is big clasts in a fine matrix, whereas conglomerate could mean any mixture of clasts of all sizes, fine medium and small.<br /><br />Don't feel too bad about taking home the specimen. It's people who chisel out fossils and mine in posted public parks who are the real villains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-1154067498959473962006-07-28T01:18:00.000-05:002006-07-28T01:18:00.000-05:00WIP! You're supposed to encourage me in my reform...WIP! You're supposed to encourage me in my <I>reformed</I> ways, not my old ways! :D<BR/><BR/>They are interesting rocks. One side of them is red and yellow, and the other side has embedded small rocks and pebbles. <BR/><BR/>I know that puddingstone is a conglomerate rock, but I don't know if it is a universal term for all conglomerate rock. I've always liked the word, puddingstone.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-1154025185539800902006-07-27T13:33:00.000-05:002006-07-27T13:33:00.000-05:00Well they *are* gorgeous rocks....Well they *are* gorgeous rocks....Wrkinprogresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856828776670191811noreply@blogger.com