Re: camping/observing sites

Recommend you head up Hwy 108 across Sonora Pass. You will find a variety
of very dark sites at 8000-9600 feet in the Toyabe NF shared with USMC but
they won't be out on the weekend. You can camp anywhere in the NF, which is
a bonus.

I've posted the locations a few weeks ago.

Chris

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Randy Muller <randygmuller@No-Spam>wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Mark Yates <yatesm@No-Spam> wrote:
> > What about IHOP? Are there good observing/camping sites there?
>
> IHOP is an undeveloped site on National Forest Service land on the
> edge of the Crystal Basin Recreation Area. It's possible to camp
> there -- and people that I know have -- but there are no campsites, no
> water, no picnic tables and no shade. There are campsites and
> reservoirs within a few miles, but I don't know much about them.
>
> As an observing site, it's reasonably good for a fairly close
> observing site (about 60 miles from Sacramento). It has very good
> horizons and no light domes in the south or east or north. There is a
> massive one in the west, and small one in the north east.
>
> It's on a lightly traveled road, but there can be traffic all night,
> with cars actually coming in to the site periodically. Once in a
> while, non-astronomers camp there.
>
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