VLA Visitor Center
VLA Visitor Center is a tourism office in Socorro, New Mexico. VLA Visitor Center is situated nearby to the clock Bracewell Radio Sundial, as well as near the work of art Shiva:Shiwana.- Opening hours: 8:30 AM—sunset
- Type: Tourism office
- Also known as: “Very Large Array Visitor Center”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Very Large Array and Bracewell Radio Sundial.
Very Large Array
Photo: Hajor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is a centimeter-wavelength radio astronomy observatory in the southwestern United States built in the 1970s. It lies in central New Mexico on the Plains of San Agustin, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, approximately 50 miles west of Socorro. Very Large Array is situated 2,300 feet northeast of VLA Visitor Center.
VLA Visitor Center
- Categories: information, building, and tourism
- Location: Socorro, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.07337° or 34° 4′ 24″ northLongitude
-107.62245° or 107° 37′ 21″ westOpen location code
856J39FH+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 27082641OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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