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Jackson Lake SP stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Northeastern CO · Bortle 3 · 40.383, -104.100 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:07 GMT

Poor   (Medium confidence)

No sustained clear window; brief gaps possible (min cloud 36%).

Best observing window tonight

No clear window of 2+ hours during tonight's astronomical night.

Astronomical night
Fri 1:55 p.m. → Sat 12:07 a.m.
Moon
New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night)
87%   (min 36%)

Site

Jackson Lake State Park sits on the eastern Colorado plains near Orchard, where wide-open farmland keeps light pollution low despite being just over an hour from Denver. It became an International Dark Sky Park in 2020, one of the more accessible dark-sky sites for Front Range residents.

Drive from Toronto: Off County Road 3 near Orchard, Colorado, about 75 minutes north-east of Denver via I-76.

Best time of year: Late spring through fall for the mildest evening temperatures on the open plains.

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Citations & data sources

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