← Ontario Night Sky · All sites tonight
Excellent (High confidence)
9h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 1%.
Fri 4:00 p.m. – Sat 12:00 a.m. (9h, 1% mean cloud)
Elk Island National Park, just east of Edmonton, is part of the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve — one of the closest genuinely dark skies to a major Canadian city. Free-roaming bison graze right up to the roads, and the Astotin Lake Day Use Area doubles as the park's go-to stargazing spot and the site of its annual Milky Way Day celebration with RASC's Edmonton Centre.
Drive from Toronto: Fly into Edmonton, then drive about 45 minutes east on Highway 16.
Best time of year: Year-round, but the park's Milky Way Day event runs every Labour Day weekend — a good target date if you want guided viewing.
https://koohxdehsweadgdegrly.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcpThis is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=elk-island-np updates continuously.