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Located atop Mill Mountain, the Roanoke Star is easily accessible from the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 120. It's only a 15-minute drive to Downtown Roanoke by taking J.P. Fishburn Parkway down Mill Mountain and turning right on Jefferson Street, which leads to the heart of downtown.
Aug 27, 2021 · ADDRESS: 2000 J B Fishburn Pkwy, Roanoke VA 24013. PHONE: 540-853-2236. OFFICE HOURS: Roanoke Parks and Recreation’s Discovery Center: April-Thanksgiving, Thursday-Saturday 10:00am -4:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm – 4:00pm; Thanksgiving-March, Thursday-Sunday 12:00pm -4:00pm. Mill Mountain Zoo: 7 days a week, 10:00am – 5:00pm, gates closing at 4:00pm.
- Jonathon Engels
Coordinates: 37°15′3″N 79°55′57″W. The Roanoke Star, also known as the Mill Mountain Star, is the world's largest freestanding illuminated man-made star. It was constructed at the top of Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia in 1949 by the local merchants association to draw publicity and trade to the city.
- Roy C. Kinsey; Roanoke Iron and Bridge Works
- 1949
- 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
- Mill Mountain, Roanoke, Virginia
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Location: 505 Williamson Road Southeast, Roanoke, VA 24011, United States. Phone: 540-853-2236. More Details. Home to the famous Roanoke Star, Discovery Center and Mill Mountain Zoo, Mill Mountain Park is a popular attraction for locals and tourists alike.
Weighing 10,000 pounds, the Roanoke Star sits 1,847 feet above sea level and towers 1,045 feet above the City of Roanoke. The star cost $28,000 to build. The First Lighting Ceremony. It was lit for the first time at 8:22 p.m. on Nov. 23, 1949 by Roanoke Mayor A. R. Minton. John Payne, a Roanoke native and Hollywood star, traveled to attend the ...
Built in 1949 and visible from just about every part of the Valley is this splendidly illuminated, 100 foot-tall Star situated on the top of Mill Mountain. Native Americans wandering between the parallel ridges of the Allegheny Mountains named their great valley Shenandoah, "daughter of the stars." Roanoke is known as the "Star City of the South".
