Roanoke Star
Roanoke Star is an attraction in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 529 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
man-made illuminated star in Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Dates from 1949.
Wikidata Q7339809, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 3 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 3 mi
- Montvale Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Stone Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Round Hill: 3.7 mi
- Mill Mountain Park: 0.3 mi
- Piedmont Park: 0.7 mi
- Morningside Park: 0.8 mi
- Rivers Edge North Park: 0.8 mi
- Crystal Springs: 0.8 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 1.5 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 1.5 mi
- Rorer Hall: 1.6 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 1.7 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 1.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 1.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 1.5 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 1.6 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 1.7 mi
- Explore Park: 4.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 7.7 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.0 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 13.3 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 0.6 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Beale Garden: 7.2 mi
- Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 1.5 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 1.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 2.1 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 2.7 mi
- The Rock: 7.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 1.7 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 1.7 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 10.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.4 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 22.2 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.2 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 16.5 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 16.5 mi
- Camp Creek: 16.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 24.8 mi
- Spring Well #25: 19.7 mi
- Big Spring: 22.7 mi
- Howrytown: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Roanoke Star. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,141 m | 12.6 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,083 m | 10.3 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 288° | 998 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 233° | 975 m | 11.9 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 330° | 974 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 233° | 972 m | 11.9 mi |
| Masons Knob | SW 226° | 961 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | SW 236° | 935 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 99001375OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Roanoke Star, reference 99001375, listed 11/15/99.
OpenStreetMap element node/4811270526
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 1 mi
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