Shannon

Anywhere away from the city glow. I've been known to stargaze in my backyard in NE San Antonio, as long as the stars or meteor radiant is away from the glow of San Antonio. We have poor (read: none) Dark Sky initiatives in this city, so a lot of excessive lighting is used. But heading out towards Canyon Lake and further, you'll start rediscovering the night sky. Used to be able to see the Milky Way from the (once free) parks on Canyon Lake, but I'm not so sure that's still true with all the development out that way. Bandera, Texas -- Hill Country State Natural Area -- on top of one of the "peaks" would be good. Just bring a headlamp for the hike, wear good shoes and have a red filter handy once you get situated and don't want to ruin your night vision. (I wouldn't night hike up steep terrain with a red filter -- not enough illumination, imho.)

Justin and I watched the last lunar eclipse while laying down on the pink granite at Enchanted Rock SNA during a camping trip (our last camping trip prior to my knee injury and surgery). Don't recall seeing a lot of stars, but that's 'cuz there was a FULL MOON OUT, and when the moon was in shadow we were staring intently on it watching the eclipse shadow pass over it.

Anyone have other ideas? Big Bend can't be beat... I saw so many stars I couldn't make out the most common constellations -- the sky I saw there was nothing like the sky I'd known all the rest of my life.

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