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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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″ northLongitude
-77.19998° or 77° 11′ 60″ westElevation
472 feet (144 metres)Open location code
87F44RQ2+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 158373727OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4364309
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