Vernonia Peak Observatory or VPO is a private research facility astronomical observatory owned and operated by Northwest Astronomy Group. It is located near Vernonia between Portland and Astoria, Oregon, US.
Famous quotes containing the words peak and/or observatory:
“In all things I would have the island of a man inviolate. Let us sit apart as the gods, talking from peak to peak all round Olympus. No degree of affection need invade this religion.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)