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Blue Star Memorial Highway

Blue Star Memorial Highway from directly overhead

Blue Star Memorial Highway is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,282 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McLoughlin Promenade, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 11 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
Blue Star Memorial Highway, A tribute to the Armed Forces that defended the United States of America
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.35264, -122.61338

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McLoughlin Promenade: 0.0 mi
  • Waterboard Park: 0.3 mi
  • McLoughlin Promenade Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Community Center: 0.4 mi
  • Ermatinger House: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks: 60
  • Oatfield Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Cooks Butte: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Talbert: 5.9 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Spangler Hill: 7.1 mi
Museums: 52
Waterfalls: 19
  • Willamette Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Singer Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 0.3 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 6.6 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 8.0 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 8.1 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Phantom Bluff: 5.6 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Poet's Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Swim beach: 16.0 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 17.3 mi
  • North Beach: 17.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • spring w/concrete cover: 10.9 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 16.5 mi
  • School District Spring: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Star Memorial Highway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goat MountainSE 135°1,282 m21.7 mi
Walker PeakENE 70°736 m24.9 mi
Bedford PointESE 113°714 m23.1 mi
Pepper MountainENE 60°655 m24.5 mi
Lenhart ButteE 90°638 m21.7 mi
High HillS 174°568 m23.2 mi
Bald PeakW 278°497 m21.7 mi
Highland ButteSE 134°470 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunrise.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2320:1721:03
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434549536065717165564742
Precip in6.54.54.83.82.51.80.50.61.64.26.77.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oregon City, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/6658676280

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