# Hortobágy Starry Sky Park

Region: Great Plain, Hungary, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 47.6, 21.15
Bortle class: 3 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: ≈ 2 h from Budapest, or 45 min from Debrecen airport.
Best time: Spring through autumn; winter is bitterly cold and often foggy.

## Overview
Hortobágy is Europe's largest continuous grassland — an alkaline puszta stretching to the horizon. The Starry Sky Park protects one of Central Europe's darkest low-altitude skies.

## What to see
Summer Milky Way core, zodiacal light, and unbroken flat horizons for meteor-shower observing.

## Highlights
- UNESCO cultural landscape
- Absolutely flat horizons — 360° sky exposure
- Hortobágy Csillagoslo visitor programme

## 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 Hortobágy at:
https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=hortobagy-starry-sky-park

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/hortobagy-starry-sky-park.json


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