McDonnell Planetarium

McDonnell Planetarium is a planetarium in , , which is located on Clayton Avenue. McDonnell Planetarium is situated nearby to the museum , as well as near the neighborhood .
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  • Type: Planetarium
  • Also known as: “James S. McDonnell Planetarium”
  • Address: 5100 Clayton Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Louis Science Center and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Museum
Photo: AfricanGeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , founded as a planetarium in 1963, is a collection of buildings including a science museum and planetarium in St. Louis, Missouri, on the southeastern corner of Forest Park. is situated 930 feet south of McDonnell Planetarium.

Hospital
Photo: Bluelion, Public domain.
is the largest hospital in the U.S. state of . Located in the neighborhood of , it is the adult teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine and a major component of Washington University Medical Center. is situated 2,800 feet northeast of McDonnell Planetarium.

Railway station
Photo: Millbrooky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a light rail station on the Red and Blue lines of the St. Louis MetroLink system. This at-grade station is located in the neighborhood just southeast of the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Children's Place. is situated 3,000 feet northeast of McDonnell Planetarium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kings Oak and Cheltenham.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The neighborhood is named for two of its streets that make up the neighborhood's boundaries. "Kings" comes from Kingshighway Blvd, the neighborhood's eastern border and "Oak" comes from Oakland Ave, the neighborhood's northern border.

Neighborhood
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is bound by Forest Park on the north, Macklind on the east, Manchester Avenue on the south, and Hampton Avenue on the west.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. It is bordered by Interstate 64 to the north, Vandeventer Avenue to the east, Interstate 44 to the south, and Kingshighway Boulevard and to the west.

McDonnell Planetarium

Latitude
38.63126° or 38° 37′ 53″ north
Longitude
-90.27088° or 90° 16′ 15″ west
Elevation
512 feet (156 metres)
Inception
1963
Operator
Saint Louis Science Center
Open location code
86CFJPJH+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 40701313
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­planetarium
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7205476
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