USGS Magnetic Observatory

USGS Magnetic Observatory is a building in Sitka, Southeastern Alaska. USGS Magnetic Observatory is situated nearby to St. Peter’s Church, as well as near the museum Russian Mission Orphanage.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Russian Mission Orphanage and Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.

Russian Mission Orphanage

Museum

Photo: Lordkinbote, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Russian Bishop's House, once the Russian Mission Orphanage, is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at Lincoln and Monastery Streets in Sitka, Alaska. Russian Mission Orphanage is situated 2,100 feet southwest of USGS Magnetic Observatory.

Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church

Church

Photo: Barek, Public domain.

St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966. Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church is situated 2,900 feet southwest of USGS Magnetic Observatory.

St. Peter’s Church

Church

Photo: Bob Keefer, CC BY 2.0.

St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, also known as St. Peter's by the Sea or St. Peter's Episcopal Church, is a historic church building at 611 Lincoln Street in Sitka, Alaska. St. Peter’s Church is situated 1,800 feet south of USGS Magnetic Observatory.

USGS Magnetic Observatory

Type: Building
Location: Sitka, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

57.05632° or 57° 3′ 23″ north

Longitude

-135.32605° or 135° 19′ 34″ west

Elevation

95 feet (29 metres)

Open location code

94963M4F+GH

GeoNames ID

5558180

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