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Reber Radio Telescope, Snowshoe

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Reber Radio Telescope
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Reber Radio Telescope location map

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Built: 1937 (88 years ago)Coordinates: 38°25'48"N, 79°49'4"W
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Potomac Highlands Trail, WV-28/WV-92Snowshoe United States

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Reber Radio Telescope – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank Interferometer.

  • cass scenic railroad state park monongahela national forest5.7 miSW
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    Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Monongahela National Forest

    146 min walk • Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, an 11-mile long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.

  • green bank telescope monongahela national forest1.2 miW
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    Green Bank Telescope, Monongahela National Forest

    31 min walk • The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany.

  • green bank interferometer monongahela national forest1.2 miW
    Observatories and planetariums

    Green Bank Interferometer, Monongahela National Forest

    31 min walk • The Green Bank Interferometer is a former radio astronomy telescope located at Green Bank, West Virginia and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

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