Historic site · New Hampshire
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Blue Star Memorial Highway is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. North Peak stands 702 m to the north-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Road Floodplain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- A tribute to the Nation's Armed Forces who served in World War II. N.H. Federation of Garden Clubs N.H. Highway Department
How to reach it
Coordinates43.64022, -72.19004
- 5.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 9.1 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Ridge · 5 mi
- Norman Overlook · 6 mi
- Balch Hill · 6 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fellows Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mascoma Lakeside Park: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Pat Walsh Park: 2.3 mi
- Huse Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Shaker Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bass Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Tug: 1.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Mill Road Floodplain Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Mill Parcel: 0.4 mi
- Lebrun Meadow: 1.0 mi
- Baker's Crossing Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Enfield Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Bouldering: 3.9 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 10.5 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 10.9 mi
- The Palisades: 18.9 mi
- The Ledges: 20.0 mi
Historic sites: 32
- Cummings Dam: 3.2 mi
- Pest House: 3.5 mi
- The Bill Farm: 5.0 mi
- BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language: 5.2 mi
- Mascoma River Dam Number 2: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 27
- Shakoma Beach: 1.7 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 6.0 mi
- Mink Brook Swimming Area: 6.9 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 7.1 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 7.6 mi
Museums: 22
- Shaker Museum: 2.6 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 6.5 mi
- Main Street Museum: 6.5 mi
- Montshire Museum of Science: 7.1 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 18
- The Wrecker: 3.6 mi
- Refuge: 6.4 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 6.4 mi
- Perdido: 6.5 mi
- Fountain Figure: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Litte Dog Falls: 4.2 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 4.3 mi
- Sumner Falls: 10.9 mi
- The Chutes: 12.6 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 15
- Tipping Rock: 4.0 mi
- Lyman Point: 6.3 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 6.4 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 11.9 mi
Covered bridges: 15
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 13.6 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 15.8 mi
- Middle Covered Bridge: 16.6 mi
Gardens: 4
- Canillas Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 6.7 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 18.7 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Area 1: 12.0 mi
- Area 2: 12.5 mi
- Hippy Hill: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 8.0 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 12.7 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 13.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Blue Star Memorial Highway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Peak | NNE 21° | 702 m | 7.0 mi |
| South Peak | NNE 22° | 693 m | 6.0 mi |
| Snow Mountain | S 175° | 570 m | 4.9 mi |
| Methodist Hill | S 178° | 552 m | 3.7 mi |
| Hyde Hill | S 188° | 549 m | 8.4 mi |
| Montcalm Hill | SE 139° | 536 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sargent Hill | SSE 166° | 528 m | 7.8 mi |
| Shaker Mountain | SSE 150° | 515 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8939903524
Day trips start here
- Lebanon · 3 mi
- White River Junction · 6 mi
- Hanover · 7 mi
- Norwich · 8 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 11 mi
- Orange · 11 mi
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