Blue Star Memorial Highway
Blue Star Memorial Highway is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Storm Hill stands 14 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Georgia Visitor Information Center, a rest area 0.1 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) passes 13 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Sign with a torpedo on display behind it
What the record says
- Inscription
- A tribute to the Armed Forces who have defended the United States of America
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the A1A Ocean Islands Trail (Obs)
Named places within 25 miles
- mariners park rec center: 2.2 mi
- VFW Monument: 2.4 mi
- Gilligans Island Park: 2.5 mi
- Little Catfish Creek Park: 3.2 mi
- Lions Park: 3.3 mi
- USS George Bancroft: 4.8 mi
- Visitor Center: 6.4 mi
- Anheuser-Busch Brewery: 22.2 mi
- Tidelands Nature Center: 24.0 mi
- Stingray Bay: 24.2 mi
- Little Griffin Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Scrubby Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Griffin Bluff: 0.7 mi
- Reids Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Roses Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Tabby Ruins: 5.0 mi
- Unfinished Officer's Quarters: 12.1 mi
- Fort Clinch: 12.1 mi
- Fernandina Beach Veterans Memorial Plaza: 12.9 mi
- Camden County War Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Arts Are Alive Project: 12.4 mi
- Greetings from Folkston, Georgia: 21.9 mi
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge: 22.0 mi
- Aligator statue: 24.2 mi
- Gorilla Statue: 24.2 mi
- DWVP: 7.3 mi
- Cumberland Island National Seashore: 11.6 mi
- Fort Clinch State Park: 13.3 mi
- Ceylon Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
- Seaton Creek Preserve: 16.1 mi
- St Marys Submarine Museum: 6.4 mi
- Ice House Museum: 10.5 mi
- Fort Clinch Museum: 12.2 mi
- Welcome Center and Shrimp Museum: 12.4 mi
- Amelia Island Museum of History: 12.5 mi
- Sea Camp Beach: 11.2 mi
- Fernandina Beach: 13.7 mi
- Marker Post: 16.8 mi
- Bone Yard Beach: 21.1 mi
- Jekyll Point: 22.2 mi
- Storm Hill: 5.4 mi
- London Hill: 7.4 mi
- McClure Hill: 12.9 mi
- Round Top: 24.4 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 0.1 mi
- Official Florida Welcome Center: 4.2 mi
- Centerville: 19.9 mi
- South Dunes Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Asian Bamboo Garden: 24.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm Hill | NW 321° | 14 m | 5.4 mi |
| McClure Hill | ESE 113° | 10 m | 12.9 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 162° | 8 m | 24.4 mi |
| London Hill | NNE 20° | 7 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 19:58 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:54 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 70 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick 23 S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13725851989
Day trips start here
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve · 24 mi
- Jacksonville · 29 mi
- Mayport · 29 mi
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