Blue Star Memorial Highway
Blue Star Memorial Highway is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,281 m. Pelican Butte stands 2,440 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Osprey, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 6.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- A tribute to the armed forces that have defended the United States of America
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Overlooks nearby
- Phantom Ship Overlook · 21 mi
- Kerr Notch · 21 mi
- Victor View · 22 mi
- Pumice Castle Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Hill: 2.8 mi
- Agency Hill: 2.9 mi
- Spring Creek Hill: 3.1 mi
- Steiger Butte: 3.6 mi
- Cave Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Modoc Rim: 14.5 mi
- Ya Whee Plateau Rim: 15.3 mi
- Boston Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Algoma Incline: 19.2 mi
- Bear Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Wood River Headwaters: 8.2 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 10.0 mi
- Maklaks Spring: 15.4 mi
- Ranger Springs: 15.7 mi
- Jahn Spring: 17.7 mi
- Collier Memorial State Park: 0.1 mi
- Williamson River Access Park: 1.8 mi
- Spring Creek Recreation Site: 2.1 mi
- Bray Mill Campground: 4.4 mi
- Petric County Park: 4.6 mi
- Root Beer Falls: 5.0 mi
- Annie Falls: 17.0 mi
- Bailey Falls: 17.5 mi
- Ranger Falls: 17.6 mi
- Seven Lakes Falls: 17.8 mi
- Weyco #101 Locomotive: 5.7 mi
- LOGGING FLAT CAR WX: 5.7 mi
- BURRO CRANE Model 30: 5.7 mi
- SLEEPER CAR NCL#2089 -- Lettered CN: 5.8 mi
- CREW CAR UP #906l0l: 5.8 mi
- Osprey: 0.1 mi
- Annie Falls: 17.0 mi
- Annie Falls (and Udo's): 17.1 mi
- Lodgepole Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Vidae Falls Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Collier State Park Logging Museum: 0.1 mi
- Train Mountain Railroad Museum - Central Station: 5.9 mi
- Crater Lake Lodge History: 22.8 mi
- Lady of the Woods: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Blue Star Memorial Highway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Butte | WSW 237° | 2,440 m | 16.2 mi |
| Devils Peak | W 270° | 2,300 m | 17.0 mi |
| Lee Peak | W 270° | 2,288 m | 16.6 mi |
| Jupiter | W 270° | 2,256 m | 18.1 mi |
| Lucifer Peak | W 269° | 2,244 m | 17.5 mi |
| Shale Butte | W 268° | 2,238 m | 17.4 mi |
| Venus | W 271° | 2,230 m | 18.2 mi |
| Swan Lake Point | SE 146° | 2,216 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:07 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chiloquin 12 NW (fort Klamath), 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11114379203
Day trips start here
- Crater Lake National Park · 24 mi
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