# Eifel National Park Dark Sky Park

Region: NW Germany, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 50.58, 6.42
Bortle class: 3 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: ≈ 1 h from Cologne or Aachen via the A1/A61.
Best time: August–April. Weather is Atlantic-influenced — pick nights with high pressure to the north.

## Overview
Eifel National Park's Dark Sky Park is the closest true DSP to the Ruhr and Cologne conurbations. Vogelsang IP and Astronomie-Workshop Vogelsang run regular public observing nights.

## What to see
Milky Way, planets, and public-telescope work from the Vogelsang IP visitor centre.

## Highlights
- Vogelsang IP visitor centre with astronomy programming
- Volcanic Eifel terrain with wide grassland horizons
- Bortle 3 within 60 min of the Rhine-Ruhr

## Tips
- Arrive at dusk and give your eyes 20+ minutes to dark-adapt
- Use a red headlamp — white light kills night vision
- Bring warm layers; European mountain and coastal sites drop sharply after sunset

## Live forecast
View the live tonight-score and 48-hour forecast for Eifel NP at:
https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=eifel-np

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/eifel-np.json


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Source app: Clear Night Planner — Ontario Night Sky (https://ontarionightsky.com)
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