USA Places

USA Astronomy Sites

Best places to visit in the USA. I need a Map of the USA with sites.

(73 places 13/07/2022)


United States of America

There are over 1 100 planetaria in the USA.

Very good websites with numerous places to visit are www.astronomyclubs.com

and www.go-astronomy.com See also www.astronomy2009.us .

For events see www.amsky.com/calendar/events

Alabama

University of Alabama

Dept of Physics and Astronomy
Tuscaloosa
AL35487 0324

Tel (205) 348 5050
University of North Alabama

UNA Planetarium and Observatory
Florence
Alabama

Mel Blake is the Director

Tel 256 765 4284

Alaska

Chugach Stargazer Society www.amsky.com

707 A Street - Suite 201
Anchorage AK 99587

Tel (907) 269 7983

Arizona

Kitt Peak National Observatory

Visitor Center
Arizona

Tel (520) 318 8726

Lowell Observatory
1400 W Mars Hill Road
Flagstaff
AZ 86001

Tel (928) 233 3211

Arizona Science Center

600 East Washington Street
Phoenix
Arizona 85004

Tel (602) 716 2000

Arkansas

University of Central Arkansas

Dept of Physics and Astronomy
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway AR 72035

Tel (501) 450 5900

California

Palomar Observatory

35899 Canfield Road
Palomar Mountain
CA 92060-0200

Tel (760) 742 2111

University of California Los Angeles

Physics and Astronomy Building
430 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles
CA 90095- 1547

Colorado

University of Colorado Boulder

Dept of Astrophysical and Planetary Science
Boulder
Colorado 80309

Fiske Planetarium and Science Center

Tel (303) 492 5002

Conneticut

The Discovery Museum

4450 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel: (203) 372-3521

Delaware

Delaware Astronomical Society

Delmarva Stargazers

Tel (302) 653 9445

Florida

John F Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center FL 32899
Tel (321) 867 5000

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Tel (321) 449 4444

University of Florida

Department of Astronomy
211 Bryant Space Science Center
P.O. Box 112055, Gainesville, FL, 32611-2055, USA
Tel (352) 392 2052

Georgia

Georgia State University

Department of Physics and Astronomy
29 Peachtree Center Avenue,
Science Annex, Suite 400,
Atlanta, GA 30303-4106

Hawaii

Mauna Kea Observatory

Tel (808) 974 4205

Tel (808) 961 2180

Idaho

Boise Astronomical Society

PO BOX 7002
Boise, ID 83707

Illinois

Department of Astronomy

University of Illinois at Urbana
1002 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Tel (217) 333 3090

Iowa

Cedar Amateur Astronomers, Inc.

P.O. Box 10786
Cedar Rapids IA 52410
Indiana

Indiana Astronomical Society, Inc.

Kansas

The University of Kansas

Dept of Physics and Astronomy
1082 Malott
1251 Wescoe Hall Dr.
Lawrence
KS 66045 - 7582

Cosmosphere

1100 North Plum Street
Hutchinson
KS 67501 1499

Kentucky

University of Kentucky

177 Chem.-Phys. Building
University of Kentucky
600 Rose Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055

Louisiana

Pontchartrain Astronomical Society

Maine

Astronomical Society of Northern New England

Maryland

Goddard Space Flight Center

8800 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt
Md 20771

University of Maryland Observatory

Massachusetts

Amherst Astronomical Association


Michigan

Eastern Michigan University

Department of Physics and Astronomy
303 Strong Hall
Ypsilanti
Michigan 48197

Tel (734) 487 3033

Sherzer Observatory

Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota
120 W. Kellogg Boulevard
St Paul MN 55102
Minnesota Astronomical Society
PO Box 14931
Minneapolis MN 55414

Mississippi

Rainwater Astronomers Association

Rainwater Observatory

1 Fine Pl
French Camp MS 39745

Tel (662) 547 6377

Missouri

Astronomical Society of Kansas City

7241 Jarboe
Kansas City MO 64114

Montana

Museum of the Rockies

600 West Kagy Boulevard
Bozeman
Montana MT 59717

Nebraska

Fernbank Science Center

156 Heaton Park Drive N.E.
Atlanta GA 30307


Nevada

Astronomical Society of Nevada

4275 Settler Drive
Reno NV 89509

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Astronomical Society

Dept of Physics and Astronomy

Dartmouth College
6127 Wilder Laboratory
Hanover NH 03755 3528

Tel (603) 646 2854

New Jersey

New Jersey Astronomical Association

Amateur Astronomy Association of Princeton

PO Box 2017
Princeton NJ 08543

New Mexico

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

New York

Amateur Astronomers Association

of New York City

Amateur Observers€ Society of New York, Inc.

North Carolina

Raleigh Astronomy Club

PO Box 10643
Raleigh NC 27605

Tel (919) 460 7900

Morehead Planetarium

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill NC 27599

Tel (919) 962 1236

North Dakota

Dakota Astronomical Society

757 Munich Drive, Bismark North Dakota

Tel (701) 223 2117

Ohio

Ritter Planetarium and Brooks Observatory

The University of Toledo
2801 W Bancroft Street
Toledo

Ohio OH 43606 - 3390

Perkins Observatory

PO Box 449
Delaware
OHIO 43015

Tel (740) 363 1257

Wesleyan University

Department of Astronomy
Van Vleck Observatory,
96 Foss Hill Drive Middletown CT 06459

Tel (860) 685 2130

Oklahoma

Astronomy Club of Tulsa

PO Box 470611
Tulsa
Oklahoma 74147 - 0611

Oregon

Rose City Astronomers

Tel (503) 255 2016

Pennsylvania

Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh

Rhode Island

Skyscapers, Inc.

Amateur Astronomical Society
of Rhode Island


South Carolina

Midlands Astronomy Club, Inc.
Tennessee

Sharpe Planetarium www.memphismuseums.org

Memphis Pink Palace Museum
3050 Central Avenue
Memphis TN 38111

Tel (901) 320 6320

Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society

PO Box 150713
Nashville TN 37315 - 0713

Texas

McDonald Observatory

Visitors Center
HC 75 Box 1337 VC
Fort Davis TX 79734

Tel (432) 426 3640

NASA Johnson Space Center

2101 Nasa Road 1
Houston
Texas 77058

Tel (281) 483 0123

Utah

Salt Lake Astronomical Society

Utah Skies

Vermont

Vermont Astronomical Society

PO Box 782
Williston
VT 05495

Tel (802) 879 4032

Virginia

Science Museum of Virginia

2500 West Broad Street
Richmond VA 23220 2057

Tel (804) 864 1400

Washington

Seattle Astronomical Society
Washington DC

Smithsonian Institution


National Air and Space Museum

6th Street and Independence Avenue SW
Washington DC 20560
Tel (202) 633 1000

National Capital Astronomers

West Virginia

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

NRAO

PO Box 2
Green Bank WV 24944

Wisconsin

Madison Astronomical Society

Tel (608) 233 7160

Universe in the Park

Dept of Astronomy
UW-Madison
475 N. Charter St.
Madison, WI 53706
Tel (608) 262-3071

Wyoming

Dept Physics and Astronomy

University of Wyoming
Laramie WY 82071

Tel (307) 766 6150