Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory

Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is a park in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is situated near Gaithersburg Mennonite Church, as well as near Calvary Apostolic Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory and Gaithersburg High School.

Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory

Monument

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The Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is a historic astronomical observatory on DeSellum Avenue in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was established in 1899 as part of a system of six International Latitude Observatories to precisely measure the wobble of the Earth's rotating axis.

Gaithersburg High School

School

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Gaithersburg High School is a public high school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. Part of Montgomery County Public Schools, the school is located at 101 Education Boulevard and consists of grades 9–12. Gaithersburg High School is situated 910 feet southeast of Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory.

Gaithersburg station

Railway station

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Gaithersburg station is a commuter rail station located on the Metropolitan Subdivision in downtown Gaithersburg, Maryland. It is served by the MARC Brunswick Line service; it was also served by Amtrak from 1971 to 1986. Gaithersburg station is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gaithersburg and Washington Grove.

Gaithersburg

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Gaithersburg is a city of 70,000 people in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C.…

Washington Grove

Village

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Washington Grove is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The population was 505 at the 2020 census. The Washington Grove Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Shady Grove

Suburb

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Shady Grove is an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of 5,000-7,000, between the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg, mostly in zip codes 20850 and 20855, though the exact boundaries are not officially defined. Shady Grove is situated 2 miles southeast of Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory.

Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.13643° or 39° 8′ 11″ north

Longitude

-77.19896° or 77° 11′ 56″ west

Open location code

87F44RP2+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 197446759

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Gaithersburg Mennonite Church and Calvary Apostolic Church.

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