Joe, there are printable maps on my website (below in sig) and here are some written directions: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take I-80 East (past Park City exit) to Exit 148. (Rt. 40 East). Stay to the right on the exit, as it splits. Head East on Rt. 40 to Exit 4. At the bottom of the exit ramp, go left towards Kamas. (I think this is Rt. 248, but I won't swear to it.) Follow this road as it winds through the hills to Kamas. In Kamas there is a stop sign at the intersection of this road and Rt. 32. Go right (South) on Rt. 32. Take Rt. 32 several miles to the intersection with Rt. 35 in Francis. Go left (East) on 35. You will go through Francis and Woodland and up past the Mill Hollow reservoir turnoff. Towards the top of the pass, you will see a sign for the Wolf Creek campground on your right. Go to and through the campground on a dirt rd, and continue on about two miles heading south, until you reach the edge of the world (ormaybe it just looks that way). The road comes to an abrupt "T". Go left, past the dead end sign, .8 miles. There is a beautiful wide grassy area to the right that Dave Bernson and Dave Bennett found several years ago. The sky is dark enough that the milky way casts a definite shadow. Hope to see you there! Dave Bennett On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 10:23 AM, Joe Bauman wrote:

Could you send me directions? That sounds interesting, but I can't be sure yet if I will go. Best wishes, Joe

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I enjoy hearing about the good camp & viewing sites others have identified. Especially the ones that aren't too far from the SLC area. For what it's worth, a neighbor with a small telescope was telling me they occasionally like to go to Great Basin National Park in Nevada, and to camp in the Wheeler Peak Campground there. Its a 260 mile, 6-7 hour drive from Salt Lake (130 miles South on I-15 to State Hwy 50; 130 miles West on Hwy 50 to Baker, NV). So, it's not a close site to SLC, but it does sound like a nice spot for an extended weekend trip for a family that enjoys astronomy & hiking. Wheeler Peak Campground is at 10,000 feet (9,880 to be exact), and my neighbor said it has some good open areas for stargazing. Of course, the skys are dark there. Day activities include going through the beautiful Lehman Caves in the Park, and hiking. Near the campground, there is a 4 mile round trip hike to some Bristle Cone Pine trees, some of which are over 3,000 years old (I guess they are at such a high elevation they miss most forest fires?), and an ice patch. You can drive right up to the entrance of the Lehman Caves--so the only hiking involved for them is the easy walking around in the cave. The Wheeler Peak campground is first come, first serve--no reservations. And it usually fills up quick on summer weekends. So it's good to arrive at a decent time on a weekday to get a campsite there. The last time we were in the park, I noticed a sign that you also had to bring your own water up to the campground (although when we arrived at 6pm on a Friday, it was already full--so I didn't get a chance to actually camp & view there). I'm not sure if that is still the case, but you probably want to have some good capacity water containers if you do plan on camping there. Troy