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United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
The national dark-sky observing facility of the United States Naval Observatory, near Flagstaff, and joint manager of the Celestial Reference Frame.
- Rank in Arizona
- #359of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 40.0 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Observatory
The United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station is an astronomical observatory near Flagstaff, Arizona. It is the national dark-sky observing facility of the United States Naval Observatory, and the two together act as the Celestial Reference Frame manager for the United States Secretary of Defense.
Where it is
United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station is a observatory near Flagstaff, in Coconino County. It is one of the observatories in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Mentioned in
- Arizona protects its night sky in one set of places and uses it in another — Eight Arizona attractions hold International Dark Sky Park status and all eight publish visitor counts; twelve working observatories publish none.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: http://www.nofs.navy.mil/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Observatory
- Destination
- Flagstaff
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 40.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 25.5
- Significance score
- 52.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- nofs.navy.mil(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 35.1841, -111.7407
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12