Post by RobbW on Jul 24, 2010 23:33:16 GMT -6
Would anybody here have any recommendations for dark sky sites outside of Las Vegas? I'm heading out there for a business convention September 12-15. I'll most likely be by myself outside of the actual convention. So, I was looking online to see if there are any dark sky sites within a moderate driving distance from Las Vegas, moderate being 2-4 hours.
A cursory search on Google comes up with Tonopah, NV or Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Tonopah is a little over 3.5 hours and Great Basin is a little over 4 hours. I'd probably rent a car for a day and a half and just drive out to one of these sites and spend the night in the car to avoid an extra day of hotel costs.
It's late now and I'm heading to bed. But tomorrow morning I plan to search for any dark sites within moderate driving distance in Arizona or California. I really want to try to take advantage of this since I so rarely ever make it out to the desert West. How far would any of you drive for a dark site???
A cursory search on Google comes up with Tonopah, NV or Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Tonopah is a little over 3.5 hours and Great Basin is a little over 4 hours. I'd probably rent a car for a day and a half and just drive out to one of these sites and spend the night in the car to avoid an extra day of hotel costs.
It's late now and I'm heading to bed. But tomorrow morning I plan to search for any dark sites within moderate driving distance in Arizona or California. I really want to try to take advantage of this since I so rarely ever make it out to the desert West. How far would any of you drive for a dark site???
