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Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory is an astronomical in , . Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: astronomical observatory
  • Also known as: “690 LO”, “Flagstaff Observatory”, and “Lowell”
  • Address: 1400 West Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orpheum Theater and Flagstaff station.

Theater building
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The is an old in , originally named the Majestic Opera House. The building was constructed in 1911. It was rebuilt and expanded in 1917, and renamed the Orpheum. is situated 1 mile east of Lowell Observatory.

Railway station
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is an Amtrak train station at 1 East Route 66 in . The station, formerly an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot, also contains a visitor center and rental-car pickup site and is located in downtown Flagstaff. is situated 1 mile southeast of Lowell Observatory.

Church
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is situated 3,600 feet east of Lowell Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flagstaff and Riordan.

Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of over 75,000 people near the San Francisco Peaks mountain range of northern and the . At an altitude of 6,990 ft, and much of the surrounding region are substantially cooler than the low desert that dominates the southern part of the state.

Locality
was a populated place situated in , , United States. It has an estimated elevation of 7,316 feet above sea level. was once the site of a train depot, lumber mills, a bunkhouse, post office, school, and store, but little remains today. is situated 4 miles west of Lowell Observatory.

Locality
is a former National Guard training facility and a county park situated in . It has an estimated elevation of 6,995 feet above sea level. The fort is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. is situated 4½ miles south of Lowell Observatory.

Lowell Observatory

Latitude
35.20294° or 35° 12′ 11″ north
Longitude
-111.66466° or 111° 39′ 53″ west
Elevation
7,228 feet (2,203 metres)
Open location code
857C683P+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 203323366
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Geo­Names ID
5303006
Wiki­data ID
Q466895
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lowell Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد لويل”
  • Armenian: “Լոուել աստղադիտարան”
  • Armenian: “Լոուելի աստղադիտարան”
  • Basque: “Lowell Behatokia”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Lowell”
  • Chinese: “洛厄尔天文台”
  • Chinese: “洛厄爾天文台”
  • Chinese: “罗威尔天文台”
  • Chinese: “羅威爾天文台”
  • Czech: “Lowellova observatoř”
  • Dutch: “Lowell Observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Lowell-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد لويل”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio Lowell”
  • Estonian: “Lowelli observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Lowellin observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire Lowell”
  • French: “Observatoire Lowell”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Lowell”
  • German: “Anderson Mesa Station”
  • German: “Lowell Observatory”
  • German: “Lowell-Observatorium”
  • German: “Lowell-Sternwarte”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Λόουελ”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים לוול”
  • Hungarian: “Lowell Csillagvizsgáló”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Lowell”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Lowell”
  • Italian: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Flagstaff”
  • Italian: “osservatorio Lowell”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Lowell”
  • Japanese: “ローウェル天文台”
  • Japanese: “ローエル天文台”
  • Korean: “로웰 천문대”
  • Korean: “로웰천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Lowell”
  • Latvian: “Louela observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Lovelio observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lowell-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Ловелова опсерваторија”
  • Manx: “Reayrtlann Lowell”
  • Manx: “Thie Rollageydys Lowell”
  • Marathi: “लॉवेल वेधशाळा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lowell-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lowell-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Lowell-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه لاول”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ لاول”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه لول”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ لول”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه لوول”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ لوول”
  • Polish: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Lowella”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de Lowell”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Lowell”
  • Romanian: “observatorul Lowell”
  • Russian: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Russian: “Лоуэлловская обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Лоуэлла”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија Лоуел”
  • Slovak: “Anderson Mesa”
  • Slovak: “Flagstaff Station”
  • Slovak: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Lowllov observatorij”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Lowell”
  • Spanish: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Lowell”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Lowell”
  • Swedish: “Lowell Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Lowell-observatoriet”
  • Swedish: “Lowellobservatoriet”
  • Tatar: “Лоуэлл обсерваториясе”
  • Turkish: “Flagstaff Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Lowell Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Lowell Rasathanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ловеллівська обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Ловелла”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Lowell”

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