Gurley Observatory
Gurley Observatory is an observatory in Marietta, Washington, Ohio. Gurley Observatory is situated nearby to the college building Mills Hall, as well as near the dormitory Harrison Hall.Photo: Wolfgang8741, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Legacy Library and Mills Hall.
Legacy Library
Library
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Legacy Library is situated 500 feet south of Gurley Observatory.
Wilcox-Mills House
Historic building
Wilcox-Mills House is a historic building, which is situated 670 feet west of Gurley Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marietta Historic District and Harmar, Marietta.
Marietta Historic District
Neighborhood
The Marietta Historic District is a historic district in Marietta, Ohio, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Among the buildings in the district are ones dating back to 1788, the year in which Marietta was founded as the first white settlement in what is now Ohio.
Harmar, Marietta
Neighborhood
Photo: Aparkswv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harmar is a historic neighborhood in the city of Marietta, Ohio, United States. Located at the western side of the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it grew up around the early Fort Harmar in the 1780s, being settled in conjunction with Marietta.
Williamstown
Village
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area. The population was 2,997 at the 2020 census. The now closed Fenton Art Glass Company was located in the city.
Gurley Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Description: observatory of Marietta College Ohio dating back to 1882
- Categories: astronomical observatory, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Marietta, Washington, Southeast Ohio, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.41842° or 39° 25′ 6″ northLongitude
-81.44901° or 81° 26′ 56″ westInception
1882Open location code
86FWCH92+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 1500634969OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q139408454
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