Enchanted Rock stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Hill Country, TX · Bortle 3 · 30.500, -98.817 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:07 GMT

Excellent (High confidence)

6h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 20%.

Best observing window tonight

Fri 5:00 p.m. – Fri 10:00 p.m. (6h, 4% mean cloud)

Astronomical night: Fri 3:18 p.m. → Sat 2:02 a.m.
Moon: New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night): 20% (min 0%)

Site

Enchanted Rock is a giant pink granite dome rising out of the Texas Hill Country, and it earned a Gold-Tier Dark Sky Park designation in 2014 after the park retrofitted its lighting. It's one of the best public places for stargazing within reach of Austin and San Antonio.

Drive from Toronto: Fly into Austin or San Antonio, then drive about 1.5–2 hours to the park near Fredericksburg.

Best time of year: New-moon weekends year-round; the exposed granite dome has zero tree cover.

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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 Enchanted Rock: /sites/enchanted-rock-sna.txt
Structured site data: /sites/enchanted-rock-sna.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=enchanted-rock-sna updates continuously.