Mount Laguna Observatory
Mount Laguna Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by San Diego State University. MLO is located approximately 75 kilometers east of downtown San Diego, California, on the eastern edge of Cleveland National Forest, in the Laguna Mountains on the SDSU Astronomy Campus near the hamlet of Mount Laguna.- Type: Observatory
- Description: Astronomical observatory
- Also known as: “MLO-1m” and “Mount Laguna Observatory 1m”
- Address: Galaxy Way, Mount Laguna, CA
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Laguna and Pine Valley.
Mount Laguna
Hamlet
Photo: Hotboxers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Laguna is a small census-designated place in San Diego County, California. It is approximately 6,000 feet above sea level in a forest of Jeffrey pine, east of San Diego in the Laguna Mountains on the eastern edge of the Cleveland National Forest. Mount Laguna is situated 2 miles north of Mount Laguna Observatory.
Pine Valley
Hamlet
Photo: Rsduhamel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pine Valley is a community and census-designated place in the Cuyamaca Mountains of the Mountain Empire area, in southeastern San Diego County, California. The population was 1,645 at the 2020 census, up from 1,510 at the 2010 census. Pine Valley is situated 6 miles west of Mount Laguna Observatory.
Mount Laguna Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.84224° or 32° 50′ 32″ northLongitude
-116.42775° or 116° 25′ 40″ westOpen location code
8545RHRC+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 105306322OpenStreetMap feature
building=observatoryOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q5650505
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Mount Laguna Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد جبل لاقونا”
- Dutch: “Mount Laguna-observatorium”
- German: “Mount Laguna Observatory”
- Japanese: “マウント・ラグナ天文台”
- Persian: “رصدخانه مانت لاگونا”
- Slovenian: “Observatorij Mount Laguna”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ لگونا رصدگاہ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harringfton Visitor Center SDSU and SDSU Astronomy Campus.
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