Blue Star Memorials

After World War II, a nationwide movement was started to pay tribute to the nation's armed forces by designating various state and national routes as "Blue Star Memorial Highways." It began in 1944 with the planting of 8,000 Dogwood trees by the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs as a living memorial to veterans of World War II. The following year the National Council of State Garden Clubs adopted the program and began a Blue Star Memorial Highway system, which covers thousands of miles across the Continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. The Blue Star became an icon in World War II and was seen on flags and banners in homes for sons and daughters away at war.


Visit The Blue Star Memorial Program website National Garden Clubs Blue Star Memorial Program for more information.


The list below shows Blue Star Memorials that have been found and logged by the Geocaching community.

Alabama  (AL)

N   33° 27.039

W 086° 47.305

Vestavia Hills

Hwy. 31

TheEdge

8/17/2003

 

N   33° 36.484
W 086° 47.834

Fultondale

U.S. 31

oldboyhiker

8/22/2003

 

N   34° 42.813
W 087° 46.725

Tuscumbia – between Mile Marker 19 & 20

Hwy. 72

Keymaker

9/07/2003

 

N   34° 42.452
W 085° 33.621

Rest area

 

Southbound I-59

Team Bert

 10/04/2003

 

N   34° 04.480
W 086° 51.840

Warrior Rest area

I-65

Jeff35080

11/08/2003

 

N   34° 04.479
W 086° 51.843

Cullman Rest area

I-65

lefty cacher

12/22/2003

 

N   32° 28.646
W 086° 27.118

Prattville

Hwy. 31

bamageek

 1/18/2004

 

N   33° 36.484
W 086° 47.832

Fultondale

Hwy. 31

Bubba Cache

 1/20/2004

 

N   29° 49.126

W 085° 17.726

Welcome Center

U.S. Hwy. 231

Bulli the Wonder Dog

9/05/2004

 

N   33° 28.051

W 086° 54.428

Midfield

U.S. 11 across from

Midfield Police Station

WheresDiB

1/26/2005

 

N   34° 10.341

W 086° 50.527

Cullman

Hwy. 31 – ft. County Court House

Alabama_pink

1/26/2005

 

N   34° 42.300

W 087° 46.712

 

Hwy. 72

Pork King

4/23/2005

 

N   31° 00.536

W 085° 24.446

Alabama Welcome Center

Near Florida Line

ElectricBird

6/25/2005

 

N   34° 57.246

W 086° 53.538

Shadow of the Welcome rocket

Southbound I-65

Rideau Rangers

7/02/2005

 

N   32° 35.210

W 085° 29.162

South of Auburn

U.S. 29

alaga forester

7/02/2005

 

Alaska (AK)

N   61° 13.045
W 149° 51.615

Anchorage

Glenn Highway

SantaBro

 11/06/2003

 

N   61° 13.023

W 149° 51.576

 

 

superpowerdave

11/06/2004

 

N   64° 50.326

W 147° 44.136

Fairbanks

Weeks Field Wein Park

Airport Way & Cowles Road

Team Bear Bait

6/22/2005

 

N   63° 20.172

W 142° 58.983

Visitors-Info in Tok

Alaska Hwy.

El_Rolfo

8/04/2005

 

N   59° 46.537

W 151° 49.984

Anchor Point

Most Westerly Hwy. point in North America

DavidT21 & Fisherwoman

8/05/2005

 

N 64° 50.322

W 147° 44.136

Fairbanks

Noel Wien Library

PedalPushin

9/24/2005

 

Arizona  (AZ)

N   32° 43.911
W 113° 42.906

Yuma Rest area

East of Yuma West Bound

Thehairyhillbilly

 5/30/2003

 

N   35° 02.337
W 090° 45.535

Forrest City Rest area

I-40

Cactusjeep

 6/22/2003

 

N   36° 25.904
W 094° 13.982

Bella Vista - Welcome Center & Rest stop

71B/540 Interstate

Lefty & Roust-about

2/03/2004

 

Arkansas  (AR)

N   34° 53.283
W 092° 06.658

Jacksonville

Vandenberg Blvd.

pdumas

 3/02/2003

 

N   35° 50.579
W 090° 40.896

Jonesboro

 

LoneCacher

10/25/2003

 

N   33° 28.365
W 094° 01.074

Texarkana, Arkansas Welcome Station

 

Mrs. Captain Picard

12/19/2003

 

N   35° 09.358
W 090° 14.489

West Memphis

I-40

jackcacheNC

 1/23/2004

 

N   35° 56.547
W 089° 52.506

Rest area – just out of Missouri

South I-55

ice cream man

2/14/2004

 

N   36° 25.885
W 094° 13.979

Bella Vista

 

arkansas stickerdude

2/24/2004

 

N   35° 29.190
W 093° 49.324

Ozark

 

Pumpkin Nuts

 3/20/2004

 

N   35° 12.880
W 090° 11.841

Marion City Hall

U.S. Hwy. 64

chili36

 6/05/2004

 

N   34° 53.822
W 092° 06.161

Vandenburg Road - Little Rock AFB

Hwy. 67/167

Phantom 491

 8/09/2004

 

N   35° 56.542

W 089° 52.522

Rest stop

I-55

Tazmn & Babycakes

8/06/2004

 

N   34° 53.284

W 092° 06.653

Little Rock Air Force Base – Jacksonville

Vandenberg Road

IGPoobah

9/06/2004

 

N   34° 53.284

W 092° 06.644

Little Rock Air Force Base – Jacksonville

 

geoark1

10/06/2004

 

N   35° 12.882

W 090° 11.843

Marion – Monument Corner

Old Military Road

pa/ma from arkansas

12/13/2004

 

N   35° 29.188

W 093° 49.324

Park

Hwy. 64

rklmbl

5/31/2005

 

N 34° 18.399 W 092° 24.030

Courthouse Lawn Grant County in Sheridan

 

”CacheMates”

10/22/2005

 

N 36° 25.924 W 094° 13.990

Bentonville

Visitor Center Drive

U.S. 71

KKWN

10/30/2005

 

N 35° 29.195 W 093° 49.331

Eastside Park in Ozark

Franklin County

Hwy. 64

CacheNaFlash,Tralyn,

& Lil’Zo

11/27/2005

 

California  (CA)

N   34° 15.162
W 118° 35.964

Chatsworth

Metrolink Station-Old Depot Plaza Drive

GeoCraig

 1/03/2003

 

N   37° 46.744

W 122° 24.111

San Francisco

I-80 W – exit ramp 5th/Harrison Street

TeamMoehrke

1/07/2003

 

N   34° 11.291
W 118° 19.276

Burbank

McCambridge Park Rose Garden

PezCachers

 1/12/2003

 

N   37° 51.110
W 122° 01.684

AlamoStone Valley Road

Hwy. 680

4wheeler

 3/07/2003

 

N   40° 16.196
W 122° 16.228

Cottonwood/Red Bluff Rest stop

Hwy. 5

CARDA186

 4/06/2003

 

N   41° 08.019
W 122° 19.294

Castella Vista Point

I-5 Northbound

kokopeli

 5/12/2003

 

N   39° 10.780
W 120° 51.078

Donner Summit Rest area

Eastbound I-80

jbmccarthy69

 5/17/2003

 

N   32° 45.595
W 117° 11.761

San Diego

Old Town

Caffinator

 5/20/2003

 

 

Rest area

Mojave – Barstow - Hwy. 58

Borgt

 5/23/2003

 

N   32° 45.594
W 117° 11.766

San Diego

Old Town

Parsa

2/09/2003

 

N   37° 34.886
W 121° 19.415

Westley Rest area

Southbound I-5

Uncle-Al

 5/25/2003

 

N   38° 20.719
W 122° 41.218

Rohnert Park - Avenue of the Flags

Community Center grounds

dgreno

2/17/2003

Byway Marker

N   37° 32.337
W 122° 21.861

Hillsborough-Father Serra Rest stop

I-280 Northbound

Marky

2/23/2003

 

N   37° 21.656
W 122° 07.253

Los Altos

Cloverleaf Hwy. 280

Chris & Janet

 6/11/2003

 

N   37° 49.971
W 122° 28.803

North side Golden Gate Bridge viewpoint

U.S. Hwy. 101

Team RCTZ

 6/14/2003

 

N   32° 45.600
W 117° 11.760

San Diego

I-8

Perfect Tommy

 6/21/2003

 

N   37° 17.232
W 121° 56.891

Campbell

125 E. Campbell Avenue

Butano

 7/20/2003

Byway Marker

N   38° 04.447
W 119° 10.596

Near Mono Lake

Southbound Hwy. 395

Dr. Webe

 7/23/2003

 

 

McCloud - at the flagpole

State Hwy. 89

Desert(B)Rats

 8/03/2003

 

N   39° 19.720
W 120° 16.697

Donner Summit

Westbound I-80

wyldwood

 8/21/2003

 

N   41° 05.487
W 124° 09.055

Arcata - Trinidad Rest stop

U.S. Hwy. 101 Southbound

Cache_Hunter

 9/09/2003

 

N   32° 52.492
W 117° 13.962

San Diego (La Jolla)

Front of VA Hospital

Team Gingka

 9/12/2003

Byway Marker

N   36° 02.692
W 117° 56.764

Cosco Junction Rest area

U.S. Hwy. 395 N & Southbound

Generator & Kiki

 9/16/2003

 

N   40° 29.879
W 124° 06.363

Rio Dell Triangle Park

Hwy. 101

Haicoole

 10/10/2003

Byway Marker

N   34° 53.271
W 117° 01.341

Barstow

Memorial Park

TeamAlamo

 10/22/2003

 

N   38° 40.152
W 121° 09.671

Folsom

Memorial Hwy.

Cache_Chasers

 11/23/2003

 

N   37° 37.862
W 122° 26.045

San BrunoGolden Gate National Cemetery

Northbound I-280

MotorBug

  1/04/2004

 

N   38° 34.852
W 121° 30.308

Old Town Sacramento

2nd  & L Streets off I-5/CA-99

BootyBuddies

  1/09/2004

 

N   41° 38.568
W 122° 10.056

Grass Lake Rest area

U.S. 97

chaosmanor

  1/20/2004

 

N   36° 06.456
W 119° 19.337

Tulare Phillip S. Raine Rest area

Northbound 99 freeway

EMC of Northridge, CA

  1/25/2004

 

N   40° 15.061
W 122° 15.657

Red Bluff – Herbert Miles Rest area

North I-5

rock&crystal

  1/25/2004

 

N   34° 12.117
W 118° 51.270

Thousand Oaks (at the fountain)

Conejo Creek Park, off SR. 23

ShowStop

  1/28/2004

Byway Marker

N   33° 22.917
W 117° 15.607

Fallbrook Park

Alvarado & Main Street

NCad

  1/29/2004

Byway Marker

N   41° 51.179
W 122° 34.327

Collier Rest area

I-5

eagles 186

 2/01/2004

 

N   39° 10.778
W 120° 51.080

Gold Run Rest stop

Eastbound I-80

payakoi

 2/07/2004

 

N   37° 26.290
W 120° 05.180

Sierra foothills at Cathy’s Valley Park

Yosemite Hwy. (CA. 140)

bthomas

 2/29/2004

 

N   37° 21.651
W 122° 02.255

Los Altos Hills

Hwy. 280-Foothill College

WeBeDnD

  3/02/2004

 

N   37° 34.884
W 121° 19.397

Westley Rest area

Southbound I-5

Team Spirit of ‘76

  3/15/2004

 

N   41° 51.180
W 122° 34.342

Yreka Rest area

I-5

ChrissySkyking Blaze

  3/19/2004

 

N   40° 18.170
W 121° 09.780

Chester – Lake Almanor Rest area

SR. 36

Robbers Creek Cachers

  3/26/2004

 

N   38° 44.196
W 121° 15.118

Roseville

 

Teachermom

  4/07/2004

Byway Marker

N   36° 31.216
W 119° 33.933

Kingsburg-Chester Warlow State Rest area

State Route 99

Fresgo

  4/17/2004

 

N   37° 59.803
W 122° 17.141

Pinole

Eastbound Hwy. 80

BackPak

  4/19/2004

 

N   39° 20.445
W 120° 20.413

Summit near Boreal Ridge

Eastbound I-80

47Dad47

  5/19/2004

 

N   37° 57.634
W 120° 14.256

Tuolumne

Intersection Fir & Pine

dmchapman

  5/25/2004

 

N   38° 44.871
W 121° 16.940

Roseville

Veterans Memorial Building Park

AKIBA

  5/26/2004

Byway Marker

N   40° 16.185
W 122° 16.219

Red Bluff Rest area

I-5

Huntnlady

  6/19/2004

 

N   33° 55.376
W 116° 39.845

Whitewater Rest area

I-10 Westbound

Team Mohoch

  6/20/2004

 

N   34° 59.976
W 117° 39.063

Boron Rest area

SR. 58 Near museum

Cactus Clan

  6/25/2004

 

N   39° 06.606
W 120° 56.992

Colfax & Grass Valley

SR. 174 - Cape Horn Overlook

Boodlebuggy

  7/06/2004

Byway Marker

N   39° 24.568
W 123° 48.631

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens – Ft. Bragg

Off Hwy. 1

bigeddy

  7/31/2004

Byway Marker

N   38° 44.195
W 121° 15.116

RosevilleMaidu Regional Park

Rose garden–Community Center

WayneWorld

  8/02/2004

Byway Marker

N   34° 53.275
W 117° 01.361

Barstow

Centennial Park

GRNZOOM

  8/09/2004

Byway Marker

N   36° 43.576
W 118° 08.687

Bishop

Hwy. 395

dhsundance

  8/11/2004

 

N   41°  51.177

W 122° 34.330

Yreka

 

TEAMJOKEN

8/13/2004

 

N   37°  54.946

W 122° 18.682

Veterans Memorial Park-El Cerrito

San Pablo Ave./Manila St.  U.S. 40/I-80

Wandering Ron

8/16/2004

Byway Marker

N   38° 09.033

W 122° 13.042

Vallejo Rest stop

Hwy. 80

MjrWingnut

8/20/2004

 

N   38° 44.862

W 121° 16.924

Roseville Veterans Memorial Building

 

SKWERL

9/02/2004

 

N   39° 20.446

W 120° 20.412

Donner Summit Rest stop

 

kdcool919

9/03/2004

 

N   39° 02.619

W 122° 54.935

Lakeport

Off Hwy. 29

Team Dromomania

9/25/2004

 

N   40° 26.482

W 124° 01.822

Shively

 

Snowflower

10/04/2004

Byway Marker

N   37° 59.642

W 122° 06.886

Martinez

VA facility

SnoWake

10/08/2004

 

N   39° 17.925

W 120° 40.415

Scenic overlook

I-80 Westbound

suzyqhoo

visiting from Alabama

10/07/2004

 

N   38° 44.181

W 121° 15.114

Roseville

I-80

Jeo

10/27/2004

 

N   34° 48.509

W 115° 13.115

Needles Rest Stop

I-40

Perthos

11/05/2004

 

N  38° 13.593

W 122° 37.419

Petaluma

Veteran’s Memorial building

WT

11/07/2004

Byway

Marker

N   37° 26.297

W 120° 05.196

Cathey’s Valley Park

CA. Hwy. 140

MCGEODE

11/26/2004

 

N   38° 03.215

W 122° 09.338

Benicia Veterans Memorial Building

First St. & Military Way

atc

1/08/2005

 

N   37° 58.919

W 122° 01.542

Concord Public Library

Salvio Street

budd-rdc

1/09/2005

 

N   40° 00.429

W 121° 15.054

Belden Rest Area

 

Yar?Yar!

1/16/2005

 

N   38° 40.149

W 121° 09.674

Folsom

Lembi Park on Riley Street

Beaglenut

                                              3/05/2005

 

N   33° 52.808

W 117° 16.455

Riverside

National Cemetary Amphitheater Wall Memorial Plaques

Lots of cache

3/06/2005

 

N   37° 21.655

W 122° 07.251

Los Altos

On Ramp 280 South

Sharkz

                                 3/19/2005

 

N   38° 34.000

W 121° 17.000

Sacramento

16th Street

47Dad47

              3/29/2005

MIA

N   39° 05.974

W 120° 57.222

Downtown Colfax

on large rock-very small park

High Sierra Seekers

             4/08/2005

 

N   33° 55.395

W 116° 39.821

Palm Springs

 

I-10

East of Cabazon-West of White Water

mamaloo

4/24/2005

 

N   40° 47.314

W 124° 10.825

Eureka

CA. State Hwy. 101  (Broadway)

Nylimb

4/26/2005

 

N   39° 08.820

W 120° 58.005

Chicago Park

Hwy. 174

dillydallymore

5/01/2005

 

N   39° 08.707

W 121° 38.176

Yuba City

Veterans Memorial Community Hall

Near U.S. 99 – SR 20

two bison

5/11/2005

Byway

Marker

N   34° 02.997

W 117° 14.958

Loma Linda

VA Hospital

Pupule Eha

5/19/2005

 

N   40° 47.618

W 122° 19.033

Shasta Lake rest stop

I-5

glenn95630

5/27/2005

 

N   40° 47.619

W 122° 19.037

Lake Shasta rest area

I-5

the woodcutter

5/30/2005

 

N   38° 00.656

W 121° 48.371

Antioch

Old Antioch Pittsburg Hwy.

Cal78

6/19/2005

 

N   32° 32.636

W 117° 01.825

Border U.S. & Mexico

Re-entering from

Tijuana to San Ysidro

Rhett & Scarlett

6/25/2005

 

N   35° 00.476

W 117° 43.144

Four Corners – state road

Hwy. 58

Bullsfan80586

6/29/2005

 

N   42° 07.587

W 121° 49.492

Rest Stop CA/OR border

Hwy. 97

Nostrada

7/17/2005

 

N   40° 16.182

W 122° 16.219

Rest Stop

Redding

NavySparksandtheMrs.

7/26/2005

 

N   38° 40.294

W 121° 36.721

VietNam Memorial Rest Stop

 

I-5

jim&jackie

8/01/2005

 

N   33° 50.797

W 118° 23.296

Redondo Beach

Pacific Coast Hwy.

Mountain Lovers

8/05/2005

 

N   39° 10.779

W 120° 51.082

 

I-80

bullit

9/03/2005

 

N 39° 05.951 W 120° 57.236

Colfax

 

The Vulture $kimmer

09/09/2005

 

N 36° 43.573

W 118° 08.683

Manzanar War Relocation Center

U.S. 395

Between

Lone Pine & Independence

Mountain Lovers

9/11/2005

 

N 35° 00.482

W 117° 43.146

Near Edwards AFB

Hwy. 58

Four Corners  and Mojave

BFN

9/29/2005

 

N 38° 40.295

W 121° 36.724

Sacramento

I-5

The Badge &

the Butterfly

10/01/2005

 

N 39° 20.735 W 123° 19.150

Fort Bragg

 

Bobolu

10/20/2005

 

N 37° 49.969 W 122° 28.805

Golden Gate Bridge

U.S. 101 Northbound

Viewpoint

copperphoto

10/30/2005

 

N 40° 06.172 W 123° 47.704

Garberville

West side Redwood Dr. North end of town

Coffeehounds

11/26/2005

 

N 34° 08.102 W 116° 11.753

20 Palms

 

lite_rod

12/13/2005

 

Colorado  (CO)

N   38° 27.130
W 104° 36.419

Colorado Springs/Pueblo Rest stop

Southbound 111.5  milepost

Me & Bucky

 3/20/2003

 

N   39° 44.433
W 105° 08.445

Between Denver & Golden

U.S. Hwy. 40 - A.K.A. Cofax Ave.

ahelir

 6/06/2003

 

N   39° 55.505
W 105° 05.412

Broomfield - end of Midway Park

Hwy. 287

Lord Mike

 9/22/2003

 

N   40° 05.470
W 104° 48.970

Ft. Lupton Rest area (no restrooms)

North end of Ft. Lupton

Zoltig

2/24/2004

 

N   38° 50.353
W 104° 41.963

Peterson AFB

 

Explorer99

2/25/2004

 

N   39° 38.822
W 105° 03.095

City of Denver

Ft. Logan southwest boundary

billzjeep

 3/04/2004

 

N   39° 38.736
W 106° 35.382

Avon

 

cazray and Mrs.caz

 3/29/2004

 

N   39° 13.398
W 104° 52.636

Castle Rock Rest area

Northbound I-25

Tim&Char

 5/31/2004

 

N   40° 22.522
W 105° 30.540

Estes Park

Hwy. 36

darniforgot

 7/08/2004

 

N   38° 27.218
W 104° 36.416

Pueblo

North I-25

Texas tiger

 7/17/2004

 

N   41° 16.576
W 109° 03.037

Utah / Colorado border

 

ScoutMaster

 7/24/2004

 

N   37° 13.554
W 104° 29.663

North of Trinidad rest area

I-45

Mesquite

 7/20/2004

 

N   39° 36.286

W 105° 01.257

Littleton

Hudson Gardens on Hwy. 85

Kroozer

10/28/2004

 

N   39° 55.510

W 105° 05.411

BloomField

Hwy. 287

North Denver Suburbe

AtoZ

2/19/2005

 

N   39° 38.775

W 105° 03.148

Information Center

Ft. Logan National Cemetery

Tahosa and Sons

3/29/2005

 

N   39° 13.390

W 104° 52.629

North of Monument Hill

I-25

Spammer

7/03/2005

 

N 38° 44.264 W 104° 48.403

Ft. Carson

Kit Carson Park

 

vorticity

12/18/2005

 

Connecticut  (CT)

N   41° 24.204
W 073° 27.763

Danbury

off Exit 5 on I-84

devbrain

2/05/2003

 

N   41° 24.071

W 073° 17.784

Newtown

South Main Street

rock biter

3/03/2005

 

N   41° 24.193

W 073° 27.723

Danburg

I-84 off Exit 5

Gilwell1

4/17/2005

 

Delaware  (DE)

N   39° 19.326
W 075° 37.162

Smyrna Rest stop

Route 1 & Route 13

dww9

 1/26/2003

 

N   38° 39.228
W 075° 35.667

Seaford

U.S. 13

hostanut

2/08/2003

 

District of Columbia  (DC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida  (FL)

N   30° 14.971

W 081° 41.877

Jacksonville