General
Directions
to the
Observatory



  • Exit Interstate 84 at EXIT 7 (Route 7 North)
  • Follow the extension to the expressway to 4 ln. Rt. 7 N to the high school.
  • Just past the high school, turn left at the traffic light onto Larsen Farm Road. The entrance to the high school is about 100 yards up this side road.
  • Drive to the opposite (southwest) corner of the parking lot. The observatory is the small building:
    - with the dome -



The John J. McCarthy Observatory is located at the southwest corner of the New Milford High School property, at 388 Danbury Rd., U.S. Route 7 in New Milford, Connecticut.


41 degrees 31 minutes 33 seconds north latitude
73 degrees 25 minutes 34 seconds west longitude
77 meters (340 feet) elevation


P.O. Box 1144
New Milford, Connecticut 06776



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