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Otto Piechowski
scholastic sledgehammer
Reged: 09/20/05
Loc: Lexington, KY
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OCEANSIDE OBSERVING
#5656587 - 02/01/13 03:29 PM
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Where, along the Gulf Coast or along the south Atlantic seaboard, have you found a place which fits some/most/all of the following:
- accessible
- free/inexpensive
- dark sky
- safe
- one can sit in a lawn chair on the beach and watch the night sky grow peacefully and beautifully dark
Otto
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csrlice12
Post Laureate
Reged: 05/22/12
Loc: Denver, CO
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Re: OCEANSIDE OBSERVING
[Re: Otto Piechowski]
#5656607 - 02/01/13 03:40 PM
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Drive about 1,000 miles west.
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Jay_Bird
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 01/04/06
Loc: USA
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Re: OCEANSIDE OBSERVING
[Re: csrlice12]
#5656633 - 02/01/13 03:55 PM
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Sanibel Island near "Ding" Darling Nat Wildlife Refuge (NWR), off the southwest FL gulf coast - I saw 2001 Leonids from hotel lawn chair carried over to beach near edge of refuge, the 2-story construction limit and limited lighting makes for a pretty nice sky at least on outer part of Sanibel.
I haven't been to Dry Totugas or outermost Keys but they are supposed to be even darker.
Maybe (long time since I visited) the more remote Outer Banks of NC; or the MD-VA Assateague NWR. Many of the NWR (not all)up and down Atlantic coast allow camping, and provide a buffer from seaside development lights. You get at least one dark horizon away from nearby towns.
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ahopp
sage
Reged: 05/24/12
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Re: OCEANSIDE OBSERVING
[Re: Jay_Bird]
#5656643 - 02/01/13 04:02 PM
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N.C. Outer-banks, great camping spots and you can get out there on a car ferry. Can take all your gear.
Tony
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