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FREE Stargazing - Spring Shores Marina, Lucky Peak State Park

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FREE Stargazing - Spring Shores Marina, Lucky Peak State Park

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Explore the night sky at the "Blacktop Observatory" at Spring Shores Marina, part of Lucky Peak State Park on Saturday, June 28.

Learn about the constellations, star stories, planets, nebulae, galaxies and so much more! With help from the park interpreters and some practice using their telescopes or viewing screens, you will be an astronomer in no time!

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AGENDA
9 pm - Presentation on Spring Shores Patio
>9 pm - 11 pm - Telescope viewing at the end of the WEST parking lot

WHAT TO BRING: Bring your family, friends, and some lawn chairs.

Have your own telescope? Feel free to bring it, the more the merrier!

DIRECTIONS: Take Idaho Highway 21 to More's Creek bridge and turn right immediately after crossing it. (Just north of mile marker 17). Park entrance is about one-quarter mile to your right. Turn right after park entrance and proceed towards the marina office building & WEST parking lot

NOTE:
No program if there is rain or skies are overcast. Scattered clouds are not a problem.

Entrance into the state park is $7 per motor vehicle. If you have a valid Idaho State Parks Passport on your entry vehicle your fee is waived and the program is entirely free! State Parks Passports can be purchased for $10 at your local DMV and are associated with your vehicle registration

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9725 E. Highway 21 · Boise, ID
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