Re: Bay Area Dark Sky Sites?

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:53:04 -0700, VistaCruiser1977 wrote:

Are there any reasonably dark observing sites left within a few hours'
drive of the S.F. Bay Area?

Laks Sonoma is pretty dark, about 2 hrs (allowing for traffic) from SF,
north on 101 to Healdsburg.

Most of Lake County is very dark. Seeing is pretty good there too, as a
rule. About 1.5 -2 hrs NNE of San Francisco.

Mt. Tamalpias, when the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers have a star
party or a private observing session (once a month for each). Usually in
the summer, fog blankets the city and some of the east bay at night. This
transforms Mt. Tamalpias into a lovely place to observe.
Schedules can be found at the
SFAA website: http://sfaa-astronomy.org

In my town (Fairfax, CA) there is a pretty decent observing spot 4 miles
up the Bolinas-Fairfax Road called Azellia Hill. Some of the SF light
dome intrudes from the SW, but all in all, it's a great site and close to
home for me. Location:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=bolinas,+ca&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=37.963367,-122.62491&spn=0.001455,0.003369&t=h&om=1

Good luck and enjoy your stay.

Uncle Bob
Fairfax, CA



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