Observatory Heights

Observatory Heights is a hamlet in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Observatory Heights is situated nearby to the neighborhood Brighton West Condominiums, as well as near Rosemont.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory and Gaithersburg station.

Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory

Monument

Photo: BobDrzyzgula, Public domain.

The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on DeSellum Avenue in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was established in 1899 as part of a system of six International Latitude Observatories to precisely measure the wobble of the Earth's rotating axis.

Gaithersburg station

Railway station

Photo: BobDrzyzgula, Public domain.

Gaithersburg station is a commuter rail station located on the Metropolitan Subdivision in downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland. It is served by the MARC Brunswick Line service; it was also served by Amtrak from 1971 to 1986.

Gaithersburg High School

School

Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.

Gaithersburg High School is a public high school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. Part of Montgomery County Public Schools, the school is located at 101 Education Boulevard and consists of grades 9–12.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gaithersburg and Washington Grove.

Gaithersburg

Photo: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0.

Gaithersburg is a city of 70,000 people in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C.…

Washington Grove

Village

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Washington Grove is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 505 at the 2020 census. The Washington Grove Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Flower Hill

Suburb

Flower Hill is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of 14,108 as of its first recording in the 2020 census. Flower Hill is situated 2 miles northeast of Observatory Heights.

Observatory Heights

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.13844° or 39° 8′ 18″ north

Longitude

-77.19998° or 77° 11′ 60″ west

Elevation

472 feet (144 metres)

Open location code

87F44RQ2+92

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158373727

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4364309

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gaithersburg Mennonite Church and Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory.

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