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North Cascades stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Northern WA · Bortle 2 · 48.700, -121.200 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:08 GMT

Excellent   (High confidence)

7h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 11%.

Best observing window tonight

Fri 2:00 p.m. – Fri 8:00 p.m. (7h, 1% mean cloud)

Astronomical night
Fri 1:21 p.m. → Fri 10:58 p.m.
Moon
New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night)
11%   (min 0%)

Site

North Cascades National Park protects some of the wildest, least-visited mountain terrain in the Lower 48, and the park's own materials describe an evening here as 'utter darkness punctuated by countless points of light.' It's rugged and remote enough that light pollution simply isn't a factor.

Drive from Toronto: About 2.5–3 hours northeast of Seattle via Highway 20 (the North Cascades Highway).

Best time of year: Summer through early fall, when Highway 20 is open (it closes seasonally due to snow) and skies are driest.

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Citations & data sources

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=north-cascades-np updates continuously.