Green Bank, West Virginia: Green Bank Observatory

Giant dishes point heavenward in a place where you shouldn't count on mobile service. Visitor Center features the first radio telescope, and fragments of one that collapsed. Tours require disposable film cameras only.

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory

This place has huge radio "telescopes" listening to outer space. There's a nice visitors' center and they have a short lecture before the tour in which they have some audience participation. You can ask questions of the scientists. It's in a quaint little town in the middle of the mountains. Due to the NRAO, there is a Federally mandated "radio quiet" zone that surrounds the facility. There's no radio stations and you can forget about cellular phone coverage. I'm not even sure that TV satellite dishes are allowed.

[Jim McAnally, 11/30/2003]

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Green Bank Observatory

Address:: 155 Observatory Rd, Green Bank, WV
Directions:: I-64 exit at White Sulphur Springs, then 58 miles north on Hwy 92. Or I-81 exit 222 in Staunton, Virginia, then 69 miles west on US 250, then 10 miles south on Hwy 92.
Hours:: Tour reservation and ID check required in advance. (Call to verify)
Phone:: 304-456-2150
Admission:: Varies by tour.