Where Can I Find the Darkest Places for Star Gazing in the Northeast?

[Stratosphere]

I am looking for dark places in The north east for start gazing, sadly the town were I live has a lot of light polution.

 

[turbo]

Come to central Maine. Once you get 20-30 miles north of I-95 it gets pretty darned dark at night.

 

[Astronuc]

In the NE US, I'd say toward the Canadian border, possibly the Adirondacks in NY, but norther VT, NH and Central Maine would be darkest.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000708.html

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/0815citylights.html

From these images, in the NE, the Adirondacks and Central Maine are the darkest areas.

http://www.apobservatory.org/pages/everest.html

 

[DaleSwanson]

Maine and Adirondacks are probably going to be your best bets. I can confirm that the night sky is amazing from both, especially if you've grown up in a suburb or city. This map is a great resource for finding the closest dark sky near you.

http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/index.php

 

[Stratosphere]

Maine and Adirondacks are probably going to be your best bets. I can confirm that the night sky is amazing from both, especially if you've grown up in a suburb or city. This map is a great resource for finding the closest dark sky near you.

http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/index.php

Wow there is a lot of light pollution in the north. The only dark place is in Maine.

 

[Creator]

Wow there is a lot of light pollution in the north. The only dark place is in Maine.

If you could just be willing to go a little bit farther south, I'm sure you'll be pleased with this dark location...

long. 120* ...Lat.-85*

Of course you won't be able to see the North star, but what the heck; you'll get several months of solid darkness.

Here's the map. http://www.geocities.com/cliffcjkirby/AntarcticaMap.gif

Creator

PS. Watch out for converging circumpolar satellites.

 

[russ_watters]

Here's a light pollution map: http://starmon.com/splp_map.html