McDonald Observatory, United States Page

World:United States:Texas
Latitude 30.6715 Longitude -104.0216 Altitude (feet) 6709
Lat (DMS) 30° 40' 17N Long (DMS) 104° 1' 18W Altitude (meters) 2044
Time zone (est)
Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point:
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Weather Charts

New There has been a serious bug with these forecasts until today December 12 2021. They were primarily tested on London, which was accurate.
Cloud Cover chart
Precipitation chart
Nearby Cities and Towns
West North East South
Pete Trap Windmill (1.0 nm)
Salcido Windmill (2.1 nm)
Madera Canyon Roadside Park (4.8 nm)
Right Hand Windmill (6.0 nm)
House Log Windmill (6.4 nm)
Caldwell Ranch (6.8 nm)
Upper Madera Windmill (7.0 nm)
Reynolds Windmill (8.3 nm)
McDaniel Windmill (8.8 nm)
Upper Windmill (10.0 nm)
The Pole Pens (8.5 nm)
Buffalo Trail Scout Camp (9.3 nm)
Fort Davis (8.2 nm) Oil Well Windmill (1.8 nm)
Limpia Windmill (2.9 nm)
Lower Jones Windmill (3.8 nm)
Upper Jones Windmill (5.0 nm)
Point of Rocks Roadside Park (8.5 nm)
Bloys Camp Meeting (9.7 nm)

Nearby Airports

Code IATA Kind Name City Distance Bearing Airlines
MRF MRF Large MARFA MUNI MARFA 18 nm S 179
16TA Small SEVEN SPRINGS TOYAHVALE 19 nm N 39
17TS Heli BIG BEND RGNL MED CTR ALPINE 25 nm E 133
Nearby references in Wikipedia:
Distance Title
0.0 nm NW Harlan J. Smith Telescope
0.0 nm W McDonald Observatory
0.0 nm W Mountain peaks of Texas
0.7 nm NE Hobby–Eberly Telescope
4.5 nm SE Very Long Baseline Array
5.3 nm SE Texas Star Party
6.3 nm NW Jeff Davis County, Texas


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