It wasn’t too windy but was blustery in some parts of the summit. Definitely come w an extra jacket and maybe even a hat and gloves if you tend to get cold easily or have health issues. We had clear visibility though some overcast but it cleared up here and there while we were up in the summit. I’ve done many summit/peak drives around the world and this was one of the worthy ones, especially in the North East! Gorgeous views for miles on a summer July day. Washington, the Visitor Center is worth visiting – but it would not be worth driving up just for the Visitor Center. You can also walk out on the observatory platform, but when we visited, there was no visibility and the wind was strong enough that it was difficult to even stand. On the other side of the Visitor Center, you can walk slightly up some rocks to take a picture near the Summit sign. On the desk, where you receive the tokens, there is a large display of the weather conditions that was rather interesting. There are a number of short films, but as the museum was fairly crowded and no one was wearing a mask, we did not stay to watch them. To enter the museum, you are given tokens (free, since you already paid to drive up) to enter the little museum. The Visitor Center has a ranger information station, restrooms, a very small gift shop, a small restaurant and a museum downstairs. I’ll just talk about the Observatory/Visitor Center in this review. Caption by Adam Voiland.I left a review on the drive up, under the Mt. NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using ASTER GDEM data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, and Landsat data from the U.S.
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