McDonald Observatory
McDonald Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near the unincorporated community of Fort Davis in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jason Quinn, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: astronomical observatory in Texas
- Also known as: “711 MC”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Locke.
McDonald Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory and tourism
- Location: Jeff Davis, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.67973° or 30° 40′ 47″ northLongitude
-104.02488° or 104° 1′ 30″ westElevation
6,742 feet (2,055 metres)Open location code
852QMXHG+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5742400821OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“McDonald Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد ماكدونالد”
- Catalan: “observartori McDonald”
- Catalan: “Observatori McDonald”
- Chinese: “麥克唐納天文台”
- Chinese: “麦克唐纳天文台”
- Dutch: “McDonald Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد ماكدونالد”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio McDonald”
- French: “McDonald Observatory”
- French: “observatoire McDonald”
- French: “Observatoire McDonald”
- German: “McDonald Observatory”
- German: “McDonald-Observatorium”
- Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים מקדונלד”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium McDonald”
- Italian: “osservatorio McDonald”
- Italian: “Osservatorio McDonald”
- Japanese: “マクドナルド天文台”
- Korean: “맥도날드 천문대”
- Luxembourgish: “McDonald Observatoire”
- Luxembourgish: “McDonald-Observatoire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McDonald Observatory”
- Norwegian: “McDonald Observatory”
- Persian: “رصدخانه مک دونالد”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ مک دونالد”
- Persian: “رصدخانه مکدونالد”
- Persian: “رصدخانه مکدونالد”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ مکدونالد”
- Polish: “McDonald Observatory”
- Portuguese: “Observatório McDonald”
- Romanian: “McDonald Observatory”
- Romanian: “Observatorul McDonald”
- Russian: “обсерватория Мак-Доналд”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Мак-Доналд”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Макдональд”
- Spanish: “Observartorio McDonald”
- Spanish: “Observatorio McDonald”
- Ukrainian: “Макдональдська обсерваторія”
- Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn McDonald”
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