Cherry Springs stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Best observing window tonight

Sat 12:00 a.m. – Sat 2:00 a.m. (3h, 0% mean cloud)

Astronomical night

Fri 4:12 p.m. → Sat 2:20 a.m.

Moon

New moon · 2% illuminated

Mean cloud (during night)

29%   (min 0%)

Site

Cherry Springs is the benchmark dark-sky site for the entire eastern United States — a mountaintop clearing in Pennsylvania's Susquehannock State Forest where 60 to 85 nights a year deliver genuinely ideal viewing conditions.

Drive from Toronto: About 5.5–6 hours by car via the QEW, I-90 and US-6, or fly into Buffalo/Rochester and drive roughly 3 hours south.

Best time of year: New moon, any season — the park logs 60–85 nights a year with excellent transparency.

Citations & data sources

• Open-Meteo Forecast API (cloud, humidity, wind, visibility)
• Open-Meteo astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon)
• Bortle scale reference for site darkness
• Editorial guide for Cherry Springs: /sites/cherry-springs-sp.txt
• Structured site data: /sites/cherry-springs-sp.json
• Live MCP server (AI agents): https://koohxdehsweadgdegrly.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp

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