- Elevation
- 634 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- IOM Isle of Man Airport103 km
- NCL Newcastle International Airport114 km
About Black Star
Black Star is a mountain. Location: Buttermere, Cumberland. Elevation: 634 m. The nearest airport is Isle of Man Airport (103 km). Nearby sights include Fleetwith Pike and Little Round How.
Photos of Black Star
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Yewbarrow Ben Gamble · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Scafell Pike Thorneh at English Wikipedia · Public domain -
High Stile Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Great Gable Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY 2.0 -
Red Pike (Buttermere) Espresso Addict · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Black Star
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 167 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- December (176 mm)
- Driest month
- June (89 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 7° | 6° | 3° | 0° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 175 | 127 | 135 | 93 | 90 | 89 | 97 | 117 | 133 | 170 | 167 | 176 |
How to get to Black Star
The nearest airport is Isle of Man Airport (IOM), 103 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Blackpool, 79 km to the south.
Airports
- Isle of Man Airport (IOM) Castletown, Rushen 103 kmsouthwest
- Newcastle International Airport (NCL) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 114 kmnortheast
- Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 116 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Blackpool Population: 145K 79 kmsouth
- Preston Population: 313.3K 90 kmsouth
- Blackburn Population: 146.5K 98 kmsoutheast
- Burnley Population: 149.4K 102 kmsoutheast
- Wigan Population: 175.4K 115 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Black Star
Within 100 km: 595 historic and cultural sites, 2,225 natural sites, 468 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km775 places
- Tuft Rock Island 25 kmSE
- Peel Island Island 24 kmS
- Seamew Crag Island 20 kmSE
- Little Isle Island 16 kmSE
25–60 km912 places
- High Moor Mountain 34 kmS
- Roanhead Beach Beach 39 kmS
- St. Bees Beach Seafront Beach 25 kmW
- Powillimount Beach Beach 48 kmNW
60–100 km1,601 places
- British Isles Island 77 kmSW
- Great Britain Island 98 kmSE
- St Anne's Beach Beach 86 kmS
- Murrays Isles Island 74 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Buttermere Village, Buttermere3.7 km NW
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Seathwaite Village, Borrowdale3.1 km SE
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Seatoller Village, Borrowdale3.5 km E
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Rosthwaite Village, Borrowdale4.7 km E -
Mountain View Village, Borrowdale3.9 km E
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Borrowdale Village, Cumberland4.3 km E
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Fleetwith Pike Mountain, Buttermere0.7 km W
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Little Round How Mountain, Buttermere1.1 km SW
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Great Round How Mountain, Buttermere1.4 km S
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Green Crag Mountain, Buttermere1.5 km SW
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Dale Head Mountain, Buttermere1.6 km NE
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Grey Knotts Mountain, Buttermere1.7 km S
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Haystacks SE Top Mountain, Buttermere2 km SW
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Seavy Knott Mountain, Ennerdale and Kinniside2 km SW
More nature in United Kingdom
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High Stile Mountain, Buttermere4.4 km W
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High Crag (Buttermere) Mountain, Buttermere3.2 km W
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High Snockrigg Mountain, Buttermere3.7 km NW
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Ill Crag (Newlands) Mountain, Buttermere5.2 km N
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Whiteless Pike Mountain, Buttermere5.8 km NW
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Wandope Mountain, Buttermere6.1 km NW
Sources & licences
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