Main building housing 20OGS, with new addition in foreground housing 16OGS.

Main HRPO Building (courtesy Tom Northrop).

Overhead view of grounds, facing southwest. Note compass, created by Wally Pursell, on viewing pad.

visitors since counter installed on March 1, 2003.
Website updated on Friday, February 26, 2021, 11:35 AM.

Welcome to the Highland Road Park Observatory web site! Please use the links on the left and below to explore this site, and see what we are doing in astronomy in Baton Rouge!

VIRUS RESPONSE GUIDELINES IN EFFECT

• All people who are not part of the same household must stay at least six feet apart from one another.
• Only fifty (50) patrons are allowed on site at any one time.
• Only twelve (12) patrons are allowed inside the main floor at any one time.
• No patron will be allowed inside the main floor unless he/she agrees to a temperature scan and wears a mask (disposables available).
• Only one (1) patron will be allowed inside each bathroom at any one time.
• There is a strict time limit of thirty minutes for each patron’s visit.

Please call or email immediately for any clarifications.

(Updated February 25, 2021)

Highland Road Park Observatory
13800 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Ph. (225) 768-9948
e-mail: observatory@brec.org

A Joint Project of
The Recreation & Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge	LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy	Baton Rouge Astronomical Society

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