![]() Wireless devices are also prohibited on the site. Cell service and wireless internet are not available at the facility. Please note that the Green Bank Observatory is within the National Radio Quiet Zone. The Green Bank Observatory is located just 10 minutes from the Cass Scenic Railroad State Park and 30 minutes from Snowshoe Mountain Resort. The housing and other facilities make the Green Bank site an excellent location for workshops and meetings and serve to house visitors on site whom are taking part in research, development, and educational activities. ![]() To accommodate visitors and groups coming to use the facilities, the Green Bank Observatory hosts numerous houses, four full apartments, a dormitory that sleeps up to 60 students, approximately 16 hotel-style rooms, campgrounds, a cafeteria that can serve up to 75 people in one sitting, a smaller café, three classrooms, two auditoriums, recreation facilities, student telescopes, etc. Currently the facility hosts more than 50,000 visitors a year, including more than 3,000 students annually who take part in the various on-site educational programs, as well as a few hundred scientists, engineers, students, and educators who come on-site to use the research facility as well as take part in 1 day – 2 week workshops and educational programs. The Green Bank facility has been a resource for students, engineers, scientists, and educators for more than 50 years. ![]() ![]() The Green Bank Observatory is a cutting-edge research and education facility which hosts the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, the 100m Green Bank Telescope, as well as many other research class instruments, a forefront engineering research and development laboratory, and a highly successful series of STEM education and training programs. Download a PDF of the Green Bank Observatory 2022 booklet. ![]()
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