Text and photographs about Stony Ridge and the Station Fire
have been moved to the "History" section.
To view that information, click the green "History" button above.

Built by, and for, amateur astronomers -- SRO is a special place for intimate contact with the cosmos. It has served its members, educational institutions, and the public (through outreach programs) since 1963.

Driving 40 minutes north of Pasadena, California, one can find Stony Ridge Observatory nestled in a grove of Coulter pines in the Angeles National Forest at an elevation of over a mile. From this vantage point visitors can gaze down into Devil's Canyon 2000 feet below or peer south to the Mt. Wilson Observatory.