Telescope Reviews: 2013 Star Parties!!

Hi everyone; it's time to get the 2013 Star Party list posted here. Please PM me with any Star Party dates (will need link to star party site), and I'll post it here in this link!

This post is intended to be an ongoing list of 2013 star parties by date, with links to each party's websites for more information. It's our hope that everyone will have a chance to be able to attend a star party this year!

Thanks in advance for helping out!

2013

February

*2/8-9 Death Valley (Furnace Creek) Star Party

*2/16 Astronomy Magazine Day & Night SkyWatching Tucson, AZ.

March

*3/7-10 Staunton River Star Party Staunton River State Park, VA.

*3/13-17 Hodge gardens star party. Many, la.

*3/16 Catalina State Park Starry Night, Tucson, AZ (Not yet on AZ State Parks Web Site)

April

*4/10-13 Mid South Star Gaze , French Camp, MS

*4/11-14 Spring Camp Delany Star Party near Pphrata, WA.

*4/12-13 Stokes Star Party NW corner of NJ.

May

*5/2-5 , SJAC Star Party, Belleplain State Forest, Woodbine, NJ
http://sjac.us/starparty.html

*5/4 Catalina State Park Starry Night, Tucson, AZ (Not yet on AZ State Parks Web Site)

*5/5-12 Texas Star Party near Ft. Davis, Texas

*5/10-12 Tennessee Spring Star Party at Fall Creek Falls State Park, Pikeville, TN.

*5/10-12 Michiana Star Party Five

*5/10-13 Gordon's Park Ontario M-10 Star Party

*5/23-27 RTMC (Riverside Telescope Makers Conference) Astronomy Expo, YMCA Camp Oakes, Big Bear City, CA
http://www.rtmcastronomyexpo.org/general.html

June

*6/5-8 Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival

*6/5-9 Rocky Mountain Star Stare Gardner, Co.

* 6/6-9 Cherry Springs Star Party Cherry Springs State Park near Coudersport, PA.

* 6/7-9 Goldendale Campout & Star Party Washington.

*6/7-9 Bootleg Astronomy Star Party (Green River State Wildlife Area, Harmon, Il.

*6/8-15 Grand Canyon Star Party
South Rim
North Rim

*6/14-15 Stars Over Yellowstone star party

July

*7/5-8 Gordon's Park Ontario Stargazing Manitoulin

*7/6-10 Golden State Star Party near Adin, CA.

*7/10-13 Green Bank Star Gaze Green Bank, W.V.

*7/10-14 Mason Dixon Star Party
http://www.masondixonstarparty.org/
Wellsville, PA

*7/12-13 Connecticut River Final Astronomer's Conjunction Northfield, Ma.

*7/12-13 Stars Over Yellowstone star party

*7/12-14 AOS Star Fest, Shady Pines Campground, Savoy, MA
http://www.aosny.org/starfest/
(the URL still has the 2012 info, but their star parties page says it's July 12-14 http://www.aosny.org/Conventions_StarParties.htm

August

*8/1-4 Montana Star Watch Party (this is on private land, registered participants only)

*8/1-4 3rd Annual Fox Park Star Party near Potterville MI

*8/2-11 Rockland Astronomy Club Summer Star Party, Peppermint Park Camping R!
http://www.rocklandastronomy.com/SSP/index.html

*8/2-11 Savoy Star Party Shady Pines Campground, Savoy, MA. (Note: this is the site & time formerly sponsored by the Rockland Astronomy Club)

*8/3 Gordon's Park Ontario Sat. Nite Astronomy (Civic Holiday weekend)

*8/4-9 Nebraska Star Party Merritt Lake, Valentine. NE.

*8/6-8 Black Forest Star Party, Cherry Springs, Galeton, PA
http://www.bfsp.org/starparty/index.cfm

*8/6-11 Oregon Star Party Indian Trail Spring in the Ochoco National Forest.

*8/8-11 Stellafane (Springfield Telescope Makers), Springfield, VT
http://stellafane.org/convention/index.html

*8/8-11 Starfest Ayton, Ontario Canada

*8/9-10 Stars over Yellowstone star party

*8/9-12 Gordon's Park, Ontario Manitoulin Star party

*8/12-15 Gordon's Park, Ontario Perseids Meteor Shower Party

*8/30-9/2 Arunah Hills Star Party

September Located near Cummington, MA.

*9/5-7 Great Basin Astronomy Festival (5 miles from Baker, Nev.)

* 9/5-8 Great Lakes Star Gazer Party (11th annual)

*9/6-9 Gordon's Park, Ontario Dark Side of the Moon party

*9/6-10 Almost Heaven Star Party, Spruce Knob, WV
http://www.ahsp.org/

*9/6-8 Black Forest Star Party, Cherry Springs, Galeton, PA
http://www.bfsp.org/starparty/index.cfm

*9/28 -10/6 30th annual Okie-Tex Star Party

*9/28-10/6 24th Annual Twin Lakes Star Party West Kentucky

*9/29-10/6 Peach State Star Gaze Deerlick Astro Village, Sharon, GA.

October

*10/1-6 Staunton River Star Party Staunton River State Park, Va.

*10/3-6 Fall Camp Delany Star Party near Ephrata, WA.

*10/3-6 Hidden Hollow Star Party @ Warren Rupp Observatory, Mansfield, OH
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=43018
(WRO's web site still has the 2012 listing)

*10/28-11/3 Chiefland Fall Star Party
http://chieflandstarpartygroup.com/fall.html

*10/31-11/3 Nightfall (Riverside Astronomical Society autumn star party), Palm Canyon Resort, Borrego Springs, CA
http://nightfallstarparty.com/

November

December