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)

    “And then the man whom Sorrow named his friend
    Cried out, Dim sea, hear my most piteous story!
    The sea swept on and cried her old cry still,
    Rolling along in dreams from hill to hill.
    He fled the persecution of her glory....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)