Blue Star Memorial By-Way
Blue Star Memorial By-Way is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Graves Mountain stands 251 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Patriot's Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- rock
- Inscription
- Blue Star/Memorial By-Way//A tribute to the/Armed Forces of America/Willow Wood/Garden Club//National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc.
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
- 26.1 mi off the Warren County-Piedmont Scenic Byway Extension
- 26.3 mi off the Historic Piedmont Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Patriot's Park: 0.1 mi
- I-20 Rest Area 63 Westbound Park A: 2.3 mi
- I-20 Rest Area 63 Westbound Park B: 2.4 mi
- I-20 Rest Area 63 Eastbound Park A: 2.4 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 2.5 mi
- Danny Goodale Memorial Recreation Center: 4.7 mi
- Marshall Monument: 5.2 mi
- Columbia County Military Memorial Wall: 5.8 mi
- Taxadium Distichum Bald Cypress: 11.2 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney: 14.8 mi
- Take Flight: 9.2 mi
- Savannah Rapids Love Locks: 11.2 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney: 14.8 mi
- Tower of Aspiration: 15.1 mi
- And They Went Down Both into the Water: 15.1 mi
- CSRA Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 8.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.5 mi
- Community Garden Plots: 10.1 mi
- The Terrace: 12.2 mi
- Boardman Family Garden: 14.4 mi
- Burks Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Mount Carmel: 12.0 mi
- Carey Hill: 12.4 mi
- Poverty Hill: 12.8 mi
- Graves Mountain: 22.8 mi
- Amen Corner: 12.0 mi
- Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 15.6 mi
- Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 15.8 mi
- Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 15.9 mi
- Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 16.1 mi
- Laurel & Hardy Museum: 8.8 mi
- Lucy Craft Laney Museum: 14.8 mi
- Morris Museum of Art: 15.3 mi
- Woodrow Wilson's Boyhood Home: 15.6 mi
- Augusta Museum of History: 15.8 mi
- Sand Bar Ferry Bluff: 19.2 mi
- New Savannah Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Barney Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 10.4 mi
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 18.2 mi
- Hamburg: 16.3 mi
- New Savannah: 19.3 mi
- Dooly Spring: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Star Memorial By-Way. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Mountain | NW 312° | 251 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Carmel | WNW 299° | 156 m | 12.0 mi |
| Burks Mountain | N 5° | 142 m | 6.7 mi |
| Poverty Hill | ENE 77° | 130 m | 12.8 mi |
| Carey Hill | NE 34° | 120 m | 12.4 mi |
| Whites Mound | SE 128° | 33 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Appling 2 NW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11085030934
Take the scenic way to Blue Star Memorial By-Way.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.