Observatory Hill

Observatory Hill is the name of several hills around the world including:

  • Observatory Hill (Pittsburgh), a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA's Northside.
  • Observatory Hill, Hong Kong
  • The hill on which the Sydney Observatory stands in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Observatory Hill in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada, is the location of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory

Famous quotes containing the words observatory and/or hill:

    “Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Cole’s Hill was the scene of the secret night burials of those who died during the first year of the settlement. Corn was planted over their graves so that the Indians should not know how many of their number had perished.”
    —For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)