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Bruce Peninsula stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Bruce, ON · Bortle 3 · 45.233, -81.550 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:06 GMT

Excellent   (High confidence)

10h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 1%.

Best observing window tonight

Fri 5:00 p.m. – Sat 2:00 a.m. (10h, 1% mean cloud)

Astronomical night
Fri 4:35 p.m. → Sat 2:27 a.m.
Moon
New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night)
1%   (min 0%)

Site

The Bruce Peninsula tapers into Lake Huron like a finger laid across the map, and the tip of that finger has water on three sides — which means three quarters of the horizon is dark. Climb the white dolomite cliffs near the Grotto at sunset and stay; the Milky Way will rise out of Georgian Bay and the only sound will be waves on stone.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 4 hours north-west via Highways 400, 26 and 6.

Best time of year: Late August to mid-October — the daytime crowds at the Grotto thin out, water temperatures still allow a swim, and the Milky Way is conveniently overhead at twilight.

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Citations & data sources

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=bruce-peninsula updates continuously.