ACL Locations
ACL primarily operates out of three sites.
Club meetings are held at Manzanita Charter School.
The observatory is located on the old Maple High School campus.
An observing site on Figueroa Mountain in the Las Padres National Forrest.
There's a Google map at the bottom of this page with all of ACL's sites.
Manzanita Charter School - Club Meetings
Manzanita Charter School is located at 991 Mountain View Blvd, Vandenberg AFB, CA 93437.
This is near the intersection of Katsura Avenue. The school is located on Vandenberg AFB property, but it is in a public access area (i.e. you don't have to go through any security gates).
ACL meetings are held in the teachers lounge on the second Friday of the month and start at 7:00PM.
Visitors are welcome, and encouraged, to attend club meetings
The old Maple High School campus - Observatory
The Maple High School campus is on Carob Street just a few hundred yards away from the Manzanita Charter School campus. The observatory is located in the ENE corner of the athletic field.
The GPS coordinates of the observatory are: 34°44'49", -120°30'7" or 34.747, -120.502
Observing Site 1.5 on Figueroa Mountain
The directions to the observing site at Figueroa Mountain are a little longer and have their own page.
