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Yerkes Observatory

Yerkes Observatory is an located in , United States. The observatory was operated by the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics from its founding in 1897 until 2018.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Wisconsin, USA
  • Also known as: “754 YE”
  • Address: 373 West Geneva St, Williams Bay, WI 53191

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Williams Bay High School and Faith Christian School.

School
is a 4-year public high school located in . The school enrollment is approximately 181 students. The school district serves the village of Williams Bay, and the towns of , , , and . is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Yerkes Observatory.

School
is a K-12 private, non-denominational Protestant school in Williams Bay, , United States. The school was founded in 1981 and educated several hundred students in a church basement leased from Calvary Community Church in Williams Bay. is situated 1 mile west of Yerkes Observatory.

Museum
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an estate on the south shore of in , United States, near the city of that was built in 1888 as a summer home by Conrad Seipp, a beer tycoon from Chicago. is situated 2½ miles east of Yerkes Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontana and East Delavan.

Village
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is a located on in , , United States. The population was 3,120 at the 2020 census. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Yerkes Observatory.

Hamlet
Delavan is a town in , , United States. The unincorporated communities of , Inlet, and Lake Lawn are located in the town as well as parts of the and the Census-designated place of . is situated 2½ miles north of Yerkes Observatory.

Village
is a village in , , United States. The population was 2,759 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of . is situated 3½ miles southwest of Yerkes Observatory.

Yerkes Observatory

Latitude
42.57035° or 42° 34′ 13″ north
Longitude
-88.55625° or 88° 33′ 23″ west
Elevation
1,040 feet (317 metres)
Levels
3
Operator
Yerkes Future Foundation
Open location code
86JHHCCV+4F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13095879190
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
5279849
Wiki­data ID
Q14310
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Yerkes Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد يركيز”
  • Armenian: “Երկեսի աստղադիտարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yerkes rəsədxanası”
  • Belarusian: “Еркская абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Еркская абсэрваторыя”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Yerkes”
  • Chinese: “葉凱士天文台”
  • Czech: “Yerkesova observatoř”
  • Dutch: “Yerkes Observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Yerkes-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد يركس”
  • Estonian: “Yerkesi observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Yerkesin observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire Yerkes”
  • French: “Observatoire Yerkes”
  • Georgian: “იერკის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Yerkes-Observatorium”
  • German: “Yerkes-Refraktor”
  • German: “Yerkes-Sternwarte”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Γιερκς”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Γιέρκς”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים ירקס”
  • Hindi: “यर्कीज़ वेधशाला”
  • Hungarian: “Yerkes Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Yerkes”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Yerkes”
  • Italian: “osservatorio Yerkes”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Yerkes”
  • Japanese: “ヤーキス天文台”
  • Korean: “여키스 천문대”
  • Luxembourgish: “Yerkes-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Јеркисова опсерваторија”
  • Macedonian: “Јерксова опсерваторија”
  • Mingrelian: “იერკსიშ ობსერვატორია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yerkes-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yerkes-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Yerkes-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه یرکیز”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Yerkes”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Yerkes”
  • Russian: “Йеркская обсерватория”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Yerkes”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Yerkes”
  • Swedish: “Yerkesobservatoriet”
  • Tagalog: “Obserbatoryong Yerkes”
  • Turkish: “Yerkes Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Єркська обсерваторія”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Yerkes”

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