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Thursday, July 29 2010 @ 09:21 AM EDT
Welcome to the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society's dark sky observing site! Pulpit Rock is located 25 miles west of Allentown between Lenhartsville and Hamburg, PA.
The site was founded in the 1960's by Henry Kawecki, an industrialist from Berks County, who built the first dome (right-most dome in aerial view below) in a small clearing in the woods. There was no access road at the time, so he had to travel in by helicopter!
As the LVAAS became involved in Kawecki's efforts, a road was laid and the site soon blossomed into a small campus of observatories. The dark skies on Blue Mountain were a welcome getaway from the light-polluted cities.
In the mid 1990's, a renaissance was under way at The Rock. A new three-story building was under construction for a 40" cassegrain, the other observatories were cleaned up and repainted, and the grounds got a major overhaul. Trees were cut back, weeds and overgrowth were completely eliminated, piles of debris were trucked out, the road and a new loop were freshly graveled, the whole landscape was graded, and a magnificent new lawn was sown. Through these incredible efforts of the members, LVAAS's Pulpit Rock Astronomical Park is the highest and finest amateur observing site east of the Mississippi.
Click on any of the items below and take the Virtual Tour of Pulpit Rock. There are plenty of pictures to enjoy! If you are not a member of LVAAS, you are invited to join so you, too, can use this facility! Click here for membership information.
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