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Middle Fork stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

East-central IL · Bortle 4 · 40.283, -87.750 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:08 GMT

No-go   (High confidence)

Overcast: mean cloud 94%, minimum 66%. Sit this one out.

Best observing window tonight

No clear window of 2+ hours during tonight's astronomical night.

Astronomical night
Fri 2:49 p.m. → Sat 1:02 a.m.
Moon
New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night)
94%   (min 66%)

Site

Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, in east-central Illinois, became the state's first International Dark Sky Park in 2018 — and remains the only one in Illinois. It follows the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River, the state's only federally designated Wild and Scenic river.

Drive from Toronto: In Champaign County, IL, off County Road 2500N near Oakwood, east of Champaign-Urbana.

Best time of year: Fall and winter give the clearest, driest skies; the preserve is open year-round.

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Citations & data sources

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=middle-fork-forest-preserve updates continuously.