An attempt has been made to collect all of the astronomy/space organizations within about 75 miles of Washington DC. This large area includes northern VA, much of MD including Baltimore, and extends into WV, PA and DE.
To look up astro places in other states/regions, check out
- Sky & Telescope's Clubs & Organizations directory
- or Astronomy's Organizations directory
- MD
- Astronomical Society of Greenbelt Greenbelt
- Baltimore Astronomical Society (defunct?), Baltimore
- Celestial Searchers Glenwood
- Cumberland Astronomy Club Cumberland
- Harford County Astronomical Society Bel Air
- Howard Astronomical League Columbia
- National Capital Astronomers College Park
- Southern Maryland Astronomical Society Nanjemoy
- Tri-State Astronomers Hagerstown
- Westminster Astronomical Society Westminster
- VA
- Analemma Society Great Falls
- Northern Virginia Astronomy Club Fairfax
- Shenandoah Astronomical Society Middletown
- Rappahannock Astronomy Club Fredericksburg
- DE
- Delmarva Stargazers Smyrna
- UMD Observatory College Park, MD
- UMBC JCA Observatory Baltimore, MD
- George Mason Observatory Fairfax, VA
- CCBC Dundalk Campus Observatory Dundalk, MD
- Crosby Ramsey Memorial Observatory MD Sci Center, Baltimore, MD
- Maryland Space Grant Observatory Baltimore, MD
- Montgomery College Observatory Rockville, MD
- Nanjemoy Creek EEC Observatory Nanjemoy, MD
- Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory at NASM, Washington, DC
- US Naval Observatory Washington, DC
- Morgan County Observatory Berkeley Springs, WV
- MD
- The Howard B. Owens Science Center Planetarium
- Davis Planetarium MD Sci Center, Baltimore
- Banneker Planetarium (CCBC Catonsville, MD)
- Montgomery College (Silver Spring) Planetarium
- Harford County Planetaria (status unknown)
- Kent County HS Planetarium Worton (status unknown)
- Watson-King Planetarium Towson University
- Arthur Storer Planetarium Prince Frederick (status unknown)
- Frostburg State University Planetarium Frostburg
- William M. Brish Planetarium Hagerstown
- Bear Branch Nature Center Westminster
- DC/VA
- Albert Einstein Planetarium (at the National Air & Space Museum)
- Rock Creek Park Planetarium
- Fairfax County Public Schools Planetaria
- David M. Brown Planetarium Arlington
Astronomy Stores
- Company Seven, Montpelier, MD
- Hands On Optics, Damascus, MD
- The Sky Plus, Mt. Airy, MD
- Stellogix, Fairfax, VA
Educational Services
- Jordan Hill, storyteller
- Cosmic Academy
- Cosmic Adventures
News/Blogs
- Blaine Friedlander, Washington Post: Skywatch (published usually last sunday of each month)
- Greg Redfern, WTOP, What's Up? The Space Place
- David Abbou, The Free Lance-Star (Stafford/Fredericksburg; usually prints the first Sunday of the month)
Astronomy/Space Camps (for kids of ALL ages!)
- Federation of Galaxy Explorers
- Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center
- Virginia Space Flight Academy
- Virginia Air & Space Center
- Medomak Family Camp: Astronomy Week
- Strategic Air & Space Museum Camps (Nebraska)
- The University of Arizona Alumni Association Astronomy Camp
- International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC)
- Wyoming Space Grant opportunities
- Wyoming REU
- U. Wisconsin Summer Camps
- Guided Discoveries Astro Camp CA
- Space Camp
Space Camp Europe - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- Cosmosphere Camps
- Kennedy Space Center, FL
- Alfred University Astronomy Camp
- Duke University (lots of stuff for all ages, large, extensive site.)
- Michigan Math and Science Scholars
- The Summer Science Program
- KidsCamps Astronomy Camps
Misc...
Missing??
Please email places [at] astronomyindc [dot] org if there is an astro place in the Washington DC metro region that is not listed above.