📜 University of Oregon research observatory at 6,300 feet elevation.
🔍 Offers public outreach, student projects, and dark sky viewing.
🌌 Experience exceptionally dark night skies for stargazing
🔭 Look through powerful research-grade and portable telescopes
🎓 Learn about astronomy from staff and volunteer experts
👨👩👧👦 Enjoy public events on summer weekends
🥶 Temperatures can drop below freezing, even in summer
🐕 No dogs allowed on observatory grounds
👶 Not suitable for small children or infants
💡 Strict rules on white light use and flash photography after dark
🧣 Bring warm clothing and protective footwear
🔦 Bring a small flashlight with a red shield (available on site)
⛽ Ensure enough fuel for the return trip to Bend (approx. 1 hour drive)
🏕️ Primitive Forest Service campground available across the road
💰 $5.00 donation per person for public nights; group tours $250 for 20 people, then $5.00 per person.
🕒 Public nights Friday and Saturday evenings, late May – September; closed for winter.
Free roadside parking available; arrive before dusk if setting up personal viewing equipment.
One outhouse available in the nearby primitive campground; no water or trash services.
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