Strengthen your foundation - Countdown to 2018!

A dramatic remnant of prehistoric North America, the Pilot Mountain has been used for centuries as a landmark for Native Americans, explorers, settlers, and travelers. Native Americans called the mountain Jomeokee, which means “Great Guide” or “Pilot.”

In 1751, the mountain was mapped by Joshua Frye and Peter Jefferson (father of Thomas Jefferson). Geologically, it is a quartzite monadnock, which began forming nearly a billion years ago when this area was a lonely, stormy beach. The Pilot Mountain has a combination of geological, botanical, ornithological, and scenic attributes which make it of exceptional interest. It became part of the North Carolina State Park system in 1968, and was dedicated as a National Natural Landmark in 1976.

Pilot Mountain has two distinctive features, named Big and Little Pinnacle. Big Pinnacle (also called "The Knob") has high and colorful bare rock walls, with a rounded top covered by vegetation, reaching approximately 1,400 feet (430 m) above the surrounding terrain.

Pilot Mountain teaches that solid foundation is extremely important for the huge massive pinnacle to stand on it despite all challenges. If we base our foundation on the virtue of humility, our rock solid foundation will allow us to grow taller and stronger with lesser risk of denial. 

"Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues" -- Confucius

"Aspire to be like Mt. Fuji, with such a broad and solid foundation that the strongest earthquake cannot move you, and so tall that the greatest enterprises of common men seem insignificant from your lofty perspective. With your mind as high as Mt Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things happening near to you." -- Miyamoto Musashi

Enjoy the last month of December to the fullest by strengthening your foundation.