Blue Star Memorial Highway
Blue Star Memorial Highway is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 943 m. Black Mountain stands 2,131 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Chinese Railroad Workers, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cold Spring Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bogus Point: 1.5 mi
- Frost Hill: 1.9 mi
- Camel Hump: 2.6 mi
- Roach Hill: 3.3 mi
- Peoples Park: 4.8 mi
- Rock Creek Nature Study Area: 9.2 mi
- Empire Mine State Historic Park: 10.5 mi
- Calanan Park: 10.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 11.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 2.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Windy Point: 7.2 mi
- Excelsior: 8.3 mi
- Red Point: 8.3 mi
- Chinese Railroad Workers: 0.0 mi
- Stevens Trail: 5.0 mi
- Iowa Hill Fire: 5.1 mi
- Wells Fargo vault: 5.1 mi
- Iowa Hill: 5.1 mi
- Heritage Museum: 7.8 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 10.2 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 10.6 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 10.6 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 10.7 mi
- Government Spring: 11.7 mi
- Dawson Spring: 13.5 mi
- Derbec Spring: 14.7 mi
- Oven Spring: 14.9 mi
- Willow Spring: 14.9 mi
- cave: 6.3 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 10.8 mi
- Missouri Bar: 11.6 mi
- Illinois Bar: 12.2 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 12.6 mi
- White Cloud Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 11.8 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Ralston Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 15.7 mi
- Towle Conservation Easement: 3.0 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 8.7 mi
- Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Auburn State Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Dog Beach: 6.1 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 14.9 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 19.7 mi
- Tamaroo Bar: 22.6 mi
- Oregon Bar: 24.4 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 10.7 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 11.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 12.0 mi
- Red Dog: 3.6 mi
- Deadwood: 11.1 mi
- North Bloomfield: 13.3 mi
- Ophir: 24.7 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 0.0 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 0.2 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Codfish Falls: 13.8 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 22.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 22.9 mi
- Giant Indian Statues: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Blue Star Memorial Highway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,131 m | 14.9 mi |
| Whisky Hill | E 86° | 1,776 m | 14.8 mi |
| Texas Hill | ENE 71° | 1,704 m | 11.8 mi |
| Scott Hill | ENE 62° | 1,625 m | 11.3 mi |
| American Hill | E 101° | 1,566 m | 14.3 mi |
| Helester Point | ENE 75° | 1,479 m | 8.8 mi |
| Remington Hill | NNE 26° | 1,477 m | 9.1 mi |
| Negro Jack Hill | NE 35° | 1,401 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 8.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colfax, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12915345370
Day trips start here
- Colfax · 8 mi
- Grass Valley · 11 mi
- Placer County · 11 mi
- Auburn · 23 mi
- Coloma · 26 mi
Take the scenic way to Blue Star Memorial Highway.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.