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Canyonlands stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Southern UT · Bortle 2 · 38.327, -109.878 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:07 GMT

Good   (High confidence)

6h clear window during astronomical night, mean cloud 40%.

Best observing window tonight

Fri 7:00 p.m. – Sat 12:00 a.m. (6h, 1% mean cloud)

Astronomical night
Fri 2:14 p.m. → Sat 12:34 a.m.
Moon
New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night)
40%   (min 0%)

Site

Canyonlands is Utah's biggest, emptiest national park — a maze of canyons carved by the Green and Colorado rivers with almost no artificial light for a hundred miles. The Island in the Sky mesa puts you on a plateau with a horizon that drops away in every direction.

Drive from Toronto: Island in the Sky district is about 40 minutes north-west of Moab, Utah, off Highway 191 and Highway 313.

Best time of year: Spring and fall nights are cool and clear; summer days are brutally hot but nights are pleasant. Aim for a few nights either side of new moon.

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Citations & data sources

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