BlueStone Roundabout
BlueStone Roundabout is a garden in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Moose Mountain stands 350 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Field 9, a park 0.2 miles away. Skyline Parkway Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Skyline Parkway Scenic Byway
- 0.9 mi off the North Shore Scenic Drive, National
- 12.6 mi off the Veterans Evergreen Memorial Drive
- 24.3 mi off the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bagley Nature Area viewing platform · 1 mi
- Chester Park Trail Overlook · 1 mi
- Gazebo Point · 1 mi
- Rock Knob · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Field 9: 0.2 mi
- Granitoid Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Ordean Court: 0.3 mi
- Old Main Park: 0.4 mi
- Bagley Nature Area: 0.6 mi
- Tweed Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- Glensheen - Historic Congdon Estate: 1.2 mi
- Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum: 1.6 mi
- Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
- St. Louis County Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium: 0.5 mi
- Glenshhen Mansion Congdon Estate Grounds: 1.3 mi
- Leif Erikson Replica Longboat: 1.5 mi
- SS William A. Irvin: 2.6 mi
- Tug Bayfield: 2.7 mi
- Minnesota's Oldest Concrete: 0.2 mi
- Old Pump Station: 1.3 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Clayton-Jackson-McGhie Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Modern Ship Anchor: 2.7 mi
- Hartley Nature Center: 1.5 mi
- Hearding Island Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Interstate Island Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Canosia Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Pokegama Carnegie Wetlands State Natural Area: 11.8 mi
- Dadibajimoowinini: 0.3 mi
- Sieur Jean du Luth: 0.3 mi
- Wild Rice Moon: 0.5 mi
- Leif Erikson: 1.4 mi
- Jay Cooke: 1.6 mi
- Lower Amnicon Falls: 16.8 mi
- Now and Then Falls: 16.8 mi
- Snake Pit Falls: 16.8 mi
- Upper Amnicon Falls: 16.9 mi
- Big Manitou Falls: 19.6 mi
- Thompson Hill Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- Superior Rest Area 23: 11.1 mi
- Knife River Wayside Rest: 16.2 mi
- Veterans Evergreen Memorial: 16.8 mi
- US-53: Independence Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
- Duluth Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
- Japanese Peace Bell and Garden: 3.6 mi
- Lafayette Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Moose Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Bardon Peak: 11.6 mi
- Elys Peak: 12.7 mi
- Oldenburg Point: 17.4 mi
- South Breakwater Inner Light: 2.8 mi
- Wisconsin Point Lighthouse: 8.2 mi
- Point of Rocks: 3.5 mi
- The Deeps: 3.7 mi
- Knife River Beach: 16.6 mi
- Burlington Bay Beach: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of BlueStone Roundabout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Mountain | NE 52° | 350 m | 5.3 mi |
| Oldenburg Point | SW 227° | 292 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 20:20 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:31 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 17 | 27 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 67 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 20 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Duluth Harbor STN, 4 mi away.
- Mallard309 obs
- White-tailed Deer261 obs
- thimbleberry235 obs
- tansy212 obs
- dame's rocket154 obs
- balsam fir148 obs
- red baneberry136 obs
- large-leaved aster136 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 way/608978897
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