Mayland Earth to Sky stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Best observing window tonight

Fri 11:00 p.m. – Sat 12:00 a.m. (2h, 0% mean cloud)

Astronomical night

Fri 4:20 p.m. → Sat 2:47 a.m.

Moon

New moon · 2% illuminated

Mean cloud (during night)

48%   (min 0%)

Site

Mayland Earth to Sky Park & Bare Dark Sky Observatory sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Burnsville, North Carolina — a former mica mine and landfill turned into a dark-sky park with a 34-inch research-grade telescope, one of the largest publicly accessible scopes in the eastern US.

Drive from Toronto: Six miles west of Spruce Pine, NC, surrounded by Pisgah National Forest.

Best time of year: Check the observatory's public program calendar for scheduled viewing nights — clear, moonless evenings give the best views through the big scope.

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 Mayland Earth to Sky: /sites/mayland-earth-sky.txt
• Structured site data: /sites/mayland-earth-sky.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=mayland-earth-sky updates continuously.