Discovery Center (NCAS
meeting location - NOT
a dark
sky site)
703 East
Prospect Rd (Google
map)
From I-25:
- Take Exit #268 (Prospect Rd)
- Proceed 3.5mi west
on Prospect Rd to Discovery Center (south side of street)
From College Av
(US-287) in Fort Collins:
- Proceed to
Prospect Rd (1mi south of Mulberry/CO-14; 3mi north of Harmony/CO-68)
- Turn east on
Prospect Rd and go 0.5mi to Discovery Center (on
south of street)
Observatory Village
(NOT
a
dark sky site)
3933 Galileo Dr
(Galileo Dr and Cinquefoil Ln) (Google
map)
From I-25:
- Take Exit #265 (Harmony Rd / CO-68)
- Proceed 1.5mi west
on Harmony Rd to Ziegler Rd
- Turn left/south on Ziegler and go 0.5mi to Rock Creek
- Turn left/east and go 0.6mi to Cinquefoil
- Turn right (south) and go 0.1mi to the observatory
From US-287
(College Ave):
- Proceed to Harmony Rd (CO-68)
- Turn east and go 3mi to Ziegler Rd
- Turn right/south on Ziegler and go 0.5mi to Rock
Creek
- Turn
left/east and go 0.6mi to Cinquefoil
- Turn right/south and go 0.1mi to the observatory
Beaver Meadows at Rocky Mountain N.P. (Public
outreach AND dark sky site)
Begin at
intersection of US-287 and CO-34 in Loveland, CO
Follow CO-34 west
29.2mi to the CO-34 bypass intersection in Estes Park, CO
Continue west
0.4mi on Elkhorn (CO-34/36) and turn left/south on Moraine Av (CO-36)
Continue west
4.0mi on Moraine Av/Park Entrance Rd to the entrance station (Google
map to here)
Pay entrance fee ($20 for 1 week or $35 annual pass)
Continue west
0.6mi on Park Entrance Rd (CO-36)
Turn left/west
on dirt road to Upper Beaver Meadows Trailhead
Follow dirt road
to the end (~2mi) and set up in the field
"Cactus Flats" in Pawnee Nat'l Grasslands ("New
moon Friday" dark sky site)
Starting at CO-14
and I-25 (Exit 269), travel east 30.5 miles
Turn north on Weld
CR #65 (~100ft west of Milepost 170) (Google
map to here)
Follow dirt road 1
mile to end; stop at the barbed-wire fence gate on east side of road
Open the gate,
drive through, stop, and CLOSE the gate
You are now at the
Cactus Flats (South) site
Follow the 2-track
"road" north ~0.6 mile to the Cactus Flats North site
Crow Valley Campground (more
developed alternative to "Cactus
Flats")
Starting at CO-14
and I-25 (Exit 269), travel east 37 miles
Turn north on
CO-392 and go ~0.3 mile (Google
map to here)
Turn west into the
campground and go ~0.6 mile
Set up at the "end
of the road"
Foxpark, WY (incredibly
dark skies, but cold - site of "Weekend Under the Stars")
Travel north on
US-287 to I-90 in Laramie, WY
Take I-90 west 1.4
miles to Exit #311
Follow
WY-130/Snowy Range Rd 0.8mi and take the WY-230 fork to the left
Travel west 34mi
on WY-230 (~9mi past Woods Landing) to Forest Road 512.
Turn north/right
and follow dirt road ~2mi to gate at entrance to Foxpark. (Google
map to here)
Turn left and
proceed west ~0.4mi; turn right onto dirt road and drive into clearing.
A second clearing
through the trees to the northeast is the favored site (farther from the
road)
