Leuschner Observatory
Leuschner Observatory, originally called the Students' Observatory, is an observatory jointly operated by the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Briones Reservoir and Lafayette station.
Briones Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.
Briones Reservoir is an open cut terminal water storage reservoir located in western Contra Costa County, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It is owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Briones Reservoir is situated 2 miles west of Leuschner Observatory.
Lafayette station
Metro station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lafayette station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Lafayette, California. The station consists of one island platform in the center median of State Route 24 just south of the Lafayette Hillside Memorial. It is served by the Yellow Line. Lafayette station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Leuschner Observatory.
Lafayette hillside memorial
Memorial
Photo: Falcorian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lafayette hillside memorial is a collection of religious symbols, accompanied by a large sign, in Lafayette, California. The memorial commemorates soldiers killed in the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan, with the sign containing a running total of the death count as recorded by the US Department of Defense. Lafayette hillside memorial is situated 2½ miles southeast of Leuschner Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lafayette and Orinda.
Lafayette
Photo: Chevy111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lafayette is a city of 25,000 in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It is primarily a residential town located in the hills between Berkeley and Walnut Creek, although it does offer shopping and dining, and the Lafayette Reservoir is popular with hikers.
Orinda
Photo: Andwhatsnext, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orinda is a wealthy suburban refuge of most of the lawyers and bankers in Contra Costa County in the state of California.
Reliez Valley
Suburb
Reliez Valley is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California. Reliez Valley sits at an elevation of 299 feet. The 2020 United States census reported Reliez Valley's population was 3,354. Reliez Valley is situated 3½ miles east of Leuschner Observatory.
Leuschner Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.91935° or 37° 55′ 10″ northLongitude
-122.15383° or 122° 9′ 14″ westOpen location code
849VWR9W+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1101780169OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q6534639
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Leuschner Observatory” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Leuschner Observatorium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد ليشنر”
- German: “Leuschner Observatory”
- Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים לושנר”
- Italian: “Osservatorio Leuschner”
- Macedonian: “Лојхнерова опсерваторија”
- Swedish: “Leuschner Observatory”
- Ukrainian: “Лейшнерська обсерваторія”
- Urdu: “لیوشنر رصدگاہ”
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