# North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve

Region: Frontenac, ON, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 44.9333, -76.9167
Bortle class: 2 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: ≈ 3.5 hours east via Highways 401, 7 and 506.
Best time: Year-round. Crisp February nights deliver the best transparency of the year; July and August are the friendliest if you don't own a parka.
Established: RASC dark-sky preserve since 2013 — Ontario's only municipally-protected dark-sky site.

## Overview
Township staff in Plevna built North Frontenac for telescopes, not tourists. The site has poured-concrete piers spaced for visiting Dobsonians, red-filtered floodlights, 120V power outlets and lighting bylaws that the township actually enforces. It is the rare municipal investment that pays off in something you can only see when the lights go out.

## What to see
Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, full sweep of the Milky Way in summer, and aurora on active nights — the open pad has a clean northern horizon.

## Highlights
- Free public observing pad with permanent telescope piers
- Strict municipal lighting bylaws preserve true Bortle 2 skies
- Hosts the annual North Frontenac Astronomy Festival

## Tips
- Bring an extension cord — 120V outlets are provided at the pad
- Site is unstaffed; pack out everything you bring
- Combine with a stay in Plevna or Cloyne for amenities

## Live forecast
View the live tonight-score and 48-hour forecast for North Frontenac at:
https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=north-frontenac

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/north-frontenac.json


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Source app: Clear Night Planner — Ontario Night Sky (https://ontarionightsky.com)
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