Prairie Observatory
The Prairie Observatory was constructed near Oakland, Illinois by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Department of Astronomy. The site was adjacent to Walnut Point State Park and provided an accessible but dark sky site only 35 miles from campus.Prairie Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sargent Township, Douglas, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.70176° or 39° 42′ 6″ north
Longitude
-88.05357° or 88° 3′ 13″ west
Open location code
86FHPW2W+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatory
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“Prairie Observatory” goes by many names.
- Urdu: “پریری رصدگاہ”
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