Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory
Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is a park in Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland. Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory is situated nearby to Gaithersburg Mennonite Church, as well as near Calvary Apostolic Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory and Gaithersburg High School.
Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory
Monument
Photo: BobDrzyzgula, Public domain.
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
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″ northLongitude
-77.19896° or 77° 11′ 56″ westOpen location code
87F44RP2+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 197446759OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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