Hopkins Observatory
Hopkins Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1838 by Albert Hopkins, it is the oldest extant observatory in the United States.
Daderot, Public domain.- Building
- …is also known as “Milham Planetarium”
- Description: Observatory in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
- Address: 829 Main Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Williams College Museum of Art and Images Cinema.
Images Cinema
Movie theater
Images Cinema is a movie theater, which is situated 690 feet southwest of Hopkins Observatory.
Clark Art Institute
Nature reserve
Daderot, Public domain.
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Williamstown and Mill Village Historic District.
Williamstown
Williamstown is a town in the Berkshires at the northwest corner of Massachusetts.
Mill Village Historic District
Neighborhood
The Mill Village Historic District is a historic…
Pownal
Village
Pownal is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Pownal is situated 4 miles northwest of Hopkins Observatory.
Hopkins Observatory
- Category: astronomical observatory
- Location
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Latitude
42.7115° or 42° 42′ 41″ north
Longitude
-73.20171° or 73° 12′ 6″ west
Open location code
87J8PQ6X+J8
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Urdu—“Hopkins Observatory” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد هوبكنز”
- French: “observatoire Hopkins”
- French: “Observatoire Hopkins”
- German: “Hopkins Observatory”
- Italian: “osservatorio Hopkins”
- Japanese: “ホプキンス天文台”
- Japanese: “ホプキンズ天文台”
- Luxembourgish: “Hopkins Observatoire”
- Luxembourgish: “Hopkins Observatory”
- Slovenian: “Hopkins Observatory”
- Slovenian: “Hopkinsov observatorij”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Hopkins”
- Urdu: “ہاپکنز رصدگاہ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hopkins Observatory Planetarium and Mehlin Museum of Astronomy.
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