Keeble Observatory
Keeble Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Randolph-Macon College. It is located in Ashland, Virginia, named for Dr. William Houston Keeble, distinguished Professor of Physics at Randolph-Macon College from 1919 until his retirement in 1952.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Day Field and Ashland station.
Day Field
Pitch
Day Field is a 5,000-capacity stadium in Ashland, Virginia on the campus of Randolph-Macon College where it serves as home to the school's football program as well as both the men's and women's lacrosse teams. Day Field is situated 970 feet northwest of Keeble Observatory.
Ashland station
Railway station
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Ashland is an Amtrak intercity train station in Ashland, Virginia, serving Northeast Regional trains bound for Richmond, Newport News and Norfolk as well as many points north. Ashland station is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Keeble Observatory.
Ashland Theatre
Theater building
Ashland Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Keeble Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashland and Elmont.
Ashland
Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia, United States, located 16 miles north of Richmond along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,565, up from 7,225 at the 2010 census.
Elmont
Village
Elmont is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the Central Region of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was located on the former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, now owned by CSX Transportation. Elmont is situated 3½ miles south of Keeble Observatory.
Hanover
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Hanover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat and is located at the junction of U.S. Route 301 and State Route 54, south of the Pamunkey River.
Keeble Observatory
- Type: Building
- Category: astronomical observatory
- Location: Hanover, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.76235° or 37° 45′ 45″ northLongitude
-77.47518° or 77° 28′ 31″ westOpen location code
8794QG6F+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 550354549OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6382668
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Keeble Observatory” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Keeble Observatory”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد كيبل”
- Japanese: “キーブル天文台”
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