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Crow's Nest RV
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Fort Davis, Texas |
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www.crowsnestranch.com |
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Owner very
astronomy friendly, switches on all outdoor lights,
remote viewing field with AC power, great Fort Davis
weather, generally good seeing, sometimes windy, no
local light, 6000+ft elevation |
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Camp Billy Joe |
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Kenton, Oklahoma |
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www.okie-tex.com |
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Site of Okie-Tex
Star Party in Oct or Sep each year. No local
light, box canyon, seeing unsteady at times, black
skies. |
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Big Bend National
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Study Butte,
Texas |
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www.nps.gov/htdocs1/bibe/bibe/htm |
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No local
light-depending on site selected. Generally
good seeing conditions. Sometimes severe
particulate polution. Check
their webcam for real time camera view , no
electricity and no generators |
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Caprock Canyons
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Quitaque, Texas |
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www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/caprock/caprock.htm |
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Viewing site
removed from campground. Seeing is good but
can be windy at times. No electricity. Very
low (3deg) light domes from Amarillo and Lubbock but
no bother |
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Fort Griffin
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Albany, Texas |
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www.camalott.com/~fgsp |
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Dark skies,
generally good seeing, nice viewing field near
headquarter building, increasing light dome from
Abilene when humidity is high, AC electricity at
site. |
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McDonald
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Fort Davis, Texas |
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www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/mcdonald.html |
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What can I
say???, great skies, seeing and friendly site
managers, setup in old visitors parking lot, must
remove equipment each morning, no camping no AC
electricity. Very much worth the effort. |
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Nebraska State
Park-Merritt Reservoir |
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Valentine,
Nebraska |
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http://www.nebraskastarparty.org/
http://www.ohwy.com/ne/m/merritsp.htm |
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Nebraska Star
Party site. No local light, dark skies and
great seeing. Highly susceptible to surprise
and severe (read very intense) wind and rain storms.
No AC electricity . |
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Prude Ranch |
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Fort, Davis |
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http://www.prude-ranch.com/ |
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Site for annual
Texas Star Party, generally dark skies and great
seeing. Located in a valley and sometimes
experiences windy conditions, 6000+ ft elevation. |
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Lincoln National
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Cloudcroft, NM |
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http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/lincoln/ |
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The sky is
breathtaking. Elevation circa 10,000+.
Remote, isolated site near Sun Spot and Apache
Point Observatory (location of Sloan Digital Sky
Survey telescope) Site known locally as the
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