Stargazing -- Astronomy -- Official Lake City, CO Colorado Vacation, Tourism & Visitor Information




		Stargazing & Astronomy

	With the highest, clearest, and darkest night skies for hundreds of miles, Lake City stargazing is as simple as looking up from your sleeping bag or back yard. Binoculars or a telescope can bring everything even closer. For a truly special outing, go to the Windy Point Overlook just a few miles south of Lake City on Highway 149, and bring a jacket and a blanket. While the occasional fireball, or very large, bright shooting star, is known to streak across the sky every now and then, some of the best viewing occurs during any of several annual meteor showers. One of the best is the Perseid Meteor Shower, which occurs generally from the last week of July through the third week of August. This shower peaks around the end of the second week of August, with up to hundreds of meteors per hour, a true spectacle of nature. Other meteor showers of note are the Orionids during the last half of October, and the Leonids during the third week of November. Of course, it is not unusual to see meteorites on any night of the year. For more information about stargazing in Lake City, visit the Gunnison Valley Astronomical Society or email our local sky observer. For more information about preserving the night sky, visit the International Dark Sky Association.

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