Land's End Observatory

Infobox nrhp
name = Land's End Observatory
nrhp_type =

---

caption =
locator_x =
locator_y =
location = Grand Mesa National Forest
nearest_city = Cedaredge, Colorado
lat_degrees =
lat_minutes =
lat_seconds =
lat_direction =
long_degrees =
long_minutes =
long_seconds =
long_direction =
area =
built = 1936-1937
architect = Ivan Anderson
architecture = Rustic
added = 1997-02-28 [cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/970314.htm |title=Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 3/03/97 Through 03/08/97 |accessdate=2007-08-23 |date=1997-03-08 |publisher=National Register of Historic Places ]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 97000124
mpsub =
governing_body =

Land's End Observatory is a ranger observatory on the rim of Grand Mesa in Colorado. It is accessible from the Grand Mesa Scenic Byway via Land's End Road. [cite web |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/gmug/recreation/gmesa_desc.shtml |title=Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests |accessdate=2007-08-23 |publisher=National Forest Service ]

The observatory was built by the Works Progress Administration with assistance from two Civilian Conservation Corps camps in 1936-37 [cite web |url=http://www.coloradohistory-oahp.org/publications/pubs/1622.pdf |title=New Deal in Colorado 1933-1942 |accessdate=2007-08-23 |author=Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation |year=2006 |month=June |publisher=Colorado Historical Society ] and provides a panoramic view of western Colorado and eastern Utah.

References

External links

* [http://www.grandmesabyway.org/LandsEnd.htm Land's End Area] on Grand Mesa National Scenic and Historic Byway website