IN THE SKY Green Bank JOE TENNIS With a bumper crop of telescopes spouting from the ground, the landscape of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory lends itself naturally to the nickname "West Virginia's Space Place." This site in Pocahontas County, open for tours, includes a kidfriendly exhibit hall at the Green Bank Science Center. The largest telescope - with a height of 485 feet - stands taller than the Statue of Liberty and boasts a surface of 2.3 acres, the size of two football fields. Scientists use these telescopes to study radio waves of stars and galaxies. "They are radio-gathering telescopes," says the observatory's business manager, Michael J. Holstine. "We are studying the stars. What we're doing is studying the emissions of those stars." National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Green Bank, 304-456-2150, nrao.edu -JT The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope is accompanied by a smaller telescope. JOE TENNIS 14. Cade Archuleta is at Tip Top Coffee Shop. 15. Graceland interior, Davis & Elkins College. 30 | BlueRidgeCountry.com JOE TENNIS 17. JOE TENNIS 16. JOE TENNIS 15. 14. 16. Beverly Heritage Center combines four buildings into one center. 17. Quiche is for breakfast at Moorefield's McMechen House.http://www.nrao.edu http://www.BlueRidgeCountry.com