# Geauga Observatory Park

Region: NE OH, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 41.5722, -81.0611
Bortle class: 4 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: Located at 10610 Clay Street in Montville Township, Geauga County, OH, east of Cleveland.
Best time: Any clear night — the park is self-serve for astronomy outside of scheduled programs, which run through much of the year.

## Overview
Geauga Park District's Observatory Park, east of Cleveland, grew out of the donation of a historic telescope and now anchors a certified Dark Sky Park with the relocated Nassau Observatory at its center. It's designed from the ground up to limit light pollution, and it's genuinely free to walk in and set up a scope any clear night.

## What to see
Milky Way, planets, and deep-sky objects — a notably dark sky for how close it sits to a major metro area.

## Highlights
- Home to the historic Nassau Observatory, moved from Cleveland in 1957 to escape light pollution
- Designed specifically to minimize light pollution within the park
- Open for self-serve astronomy any clear night, with scheduled public programs too

## Tips
- Park buildings are only open during scheduled programs, but the grounds are open for self-serve stargazing on clear nights
- Check hours — extended to 1 AM Memorial Day to Labor Day, 11 PM the rest of the year
- One of the more accessible dark-sky sites for the Cleveland metro area

## Live forecast
View the live tonight-score and 48-hour forecast for Geauga Observatory Park at:
https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=geauga-observatory-park

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/geauga-observatory-park.json

Source: DarkSky International — https://darksky.org/places/geauga-observatory-park-dark-sky-park/

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