Highland Road Park Observatory

An Astronomical Observatory for Education and Recreation in Louisiana

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

Front of main telescope building.

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

visitors since counter installed on March 1, 2003.

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!

(Updated February 26, 2015)

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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