Anderson Peak Telescope
USA /
California /
Carmel Valley Village /
World
/ USA
/ California
/ Carmel Valley Village
World / United States / California
university, observatory, military, telescope
An optical telescope from Boston University was reportedly moved to this site in 1964 to support ballistic missile flight tests out of Vandenberg Air Force base. This telescope was used to image the missile and separation of the warheads along its flight path to impact Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°10'49"N 121°38'39"W
- California Polytechnic State University 130 km
- California State University, Bakersfield 247 km
- University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 254 km
- California Lutheran University 332 km
- California State University Northridge 355 km
- Pepperdine University 357 km
- University of California, Los Angeles 373 km
- Loyola Marymount University 383 km
- California State University, Los Angeles 394 km
- California State University, Dominguez Hills 401 km
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 2.5 km
- Alila Ventana Big Sur 12 km
- Ventana Campground 13 km
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 14 km
- Pfeiffer Big Sur Campground 14 km
- Big Sur (Region) 17 km
- Los Padres National Forest 19 km
- Andrew Molera State Park 20 km
- Point Sur State Marine Reserve (SMR) 24 km
- Point Sur State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) 28 km