Blue Star Garden
Blue Star Garden is a garden in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Hawks Mountain stands 645 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith's clothespin, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut River Byway passes 3.3 miles off.
Small flower garden with bench, planted and maintained by Springfield Garden Club
What to expect
- Operated by
- Springfield Garden Club
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
Overlooks nearby
- View of Bellows Falls · 12 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 17 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 21 mi
- Eagles Nest · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Comptu Cascade Park: 0.0 mi
- The Commons Park: 0.2 mi
- Freedom Park: 0.7 mi
- Hartness Park: 0.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.8 mi
- Pudding Hill: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.1 mi
- Randall Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pudding Hill: 3.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 3.3 mi
- Spaulding Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Reservoir Lot: 6.0 mi
- Connecticut River State Forest: 6.5 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Halls Pond Lot: 7.0 mi
- Judkins Farm County Land: 7.1 mi
- Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- The Fort at No. 4: 4.0 mi
- The Fort at No 4: 4.0 mi
- Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 8.6 mi
- Grafton Historical Society Museum: 10.8 mi
- Former Salmond Covered Bridge Site: 5.2 mi
- civil war: 6.3 mi
- The Gage Accident: 8.5 mi
- naval gun: 8.8 mi
- naval gun: 8.8 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
- Corona Beach: 12.1 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 20.1 mi
- Dewey Beach: 21.2 mi
- State Park Beach: 21.4 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 5.0 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 5.9 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 8.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 10.3 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 10.8 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 15.5 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 15.5 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 15.6 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 5.9 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 16.1 mi
- TimberQuest: 16.2 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 17.2 mi
- Taylor Farm: 18.3 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 0.0 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 16.2 mi
- Art Gallery: 17.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 22.7 mi
- Bear: 24.9 mi
- Table Rock: 11.7 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 20.6 mi
- Mine Ledge: 21.7 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 22.4 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 23.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Wright Grove: 21.6 mi
- (seasonal): 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Blue Star Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawks Mountain | NW 314° | 645 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ingraham Hill | W 269° | 591 m | 8.9 mi |
| Ball Hill | WNW 301° | 570 m | 8.5 mi |
| Little Ascutney Mountain | N 353° | 525 m | 8.7 mi |
| Butternut Hill | W 267° | 511 m | 8.2 mi |
| Sams Hill | SE 138° | 503 m | 7.6 mi |
| Eagleshead | NNW 337° | 494 m | 7.9 mi |
| Berry Hill | SSW 202° | 478 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:31 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Springfield Lake, 3 mi away.
- Black-tipped Darner31 obs
- Autumn Meadowhawk28 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee26 obs
- Azure Bluet22 obs
- Common Green Darner21 obs
- Eastern Forktail21 obs
- Slaty Skimmer21 obs
- Widow Skimmer20 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11227695845
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 9 mi
- Brownsville · 12 mi
- Cornish · 13 mi
- Windsor · 13 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 22 mi
- Woodstock · 23 mi
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