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Host location of
Stargazing Manitoulin
and the Manitoulin Star
Party, Gordon's Park is a designated RASC dark sky preserve and is the perfect site for astronomy and night sky viewing. The dark sky preserve offers exceptional dark skies, darkest in Ontario, 360 degree observing, horizon to horizon, no light pollution, a 7.5+ magnitude and a Sky Quality Meter reading of 21.96 (best is 23)
Thursday nights
in July and August are Astronomy Nights at Gordon's Park.
GPS
Coordinates
Latitude
N 45.66866
Longtitude
W 81.97073
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Rita Gordon is the original founding president of the Manitoulin Island Dark Sky Association (MIDSA) and is the organizations first honorary "Celestial" member."
Wilderness camping and cabin rentals are available in the dark sky
preserve
on site.
B & B and Astronomy packages are also available.
Read about the RASC dark sky preserve designation at Gordon's Park in the Manitoulin Expositor
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