As far as locations on the Jordan River Parkway, The parking lot at 45th south is probably the darkest. I run on the parkway in the early morning and this is the darkest parking lot in the section of the parkway between 39th and 72nd south. Rodger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Taylor" <robtaylor3661@comcast.net> To: <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:52 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Public Star parties
I was thinking there are a few good places along the Jordan River Parkway as well. I think the pavilion off of 5400 South would be well suited, it's a bit off the main road (a plus and minus) with good parking and a large grassy field. The sprinkler situation is an unknown, but even the parking lot there should be big enough. That location is about as close the middle of the valley as you can get. I don't recall a lot of lights there either although I'm sure there are some, I might be able to take a drive by it tonight to check.
Bob
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Hi All,
We set up in a parking area at Riverbend well away from any sprinklers, we would want to take sprinklers into consideration.
We did try Wheeler Farm over 10 years ago, they were happy to have us, but it had problems. As I recall, the practical place for a Star Party had lights and the place away from lights had no vehicle access. At least they did want to give us access, they may have safety and or liability concerns.
We would want to check it out carefully before committing there again, at least in my opinion. They did not understand the issues we had.
Liberty Park has to many tress, Sugar House Park closes gates early.
Little Mountain we no longer have access to upper parking area, lower parking area not big enough. The water shed manager does not really want us up their. Non-board members sometimes got a key to the gate by posing as board member. The water shed manager was not happy about multiple keys being issued. They would change or add locks without notice, this was when the site was dropped.
Dan's suggestion about Fairmont Park or a School is interesting. We need more ideas along those lines.
My suggestion would be is that all club members look for one place nearby their residence, surely with all the parks, golf course etc., we should be able to come up with 4 or 5 that could be researched and considered. The Jordan River Parkway has many parking areas with limited lighting.
Erik
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