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  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "TouristAttraction",
  "id": "pinery-pp",
  "name": "Pinery Provincial Park Dark Sky Preserve",
  "shortName": "Pinery",
  "region": "Lake Huron shore, ON",
  "country": "Canada",
  "administrativeArea": "Ontario",
  "coordinates": {
    "latitude": 43.25,
    "longitude": -81.8333
  },
  "timezone": "America/Toronto",
  "bortleClass": 4,
  "summary": "Oak-savannah DSP with Lake Huron sunset-to-Milky-Way transitions.",
  "intro": "Pinery Provincial Park protects one of the largest remaining oak savannah ecosystems in the world along the Lake Huron shoreline, and its beach faces west across open water — a rare, unobstructed dark horizon for a park this close to Ontario's populated southwest. It's one of the busiest parks in the system by day, but the beach empties out fast after sunset.",
  "established": null,
  "drivingFromToronto": "≈ 2.5 hours west via Highway 401 and Highway 21, near Grand Bend.",
  "bestTime": "Shoulder seasons — spring and fall — when the day-use crowds thin and Lake Huron's water is calm enough for clear, low-turbulence skies.",
  "highlights": [
    "10 km of Lake Huron beach with an open western horizon",
    "Rare oak savannah landscape by day, dark beachfront sky by night",
    "Well-developed campgrounds with full services"
  ],
  "tips": [
    "Ontario Parks vehicle/camping permit required",
    "The beach faces west — good for late sunsets and the last twilight glow before full dark",
    "Grand Bend's lights sit just north — face south along the beach for the darkest view"
  ],
  "whatToSee": "Milky Way over Lake Huron, and occasional aurora glow on the northern horizon during active periods.",
  "source": null,
  "links": {
    "app": "https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=pinery-pp",
    "forecastJson": "https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/pinery-pp.json",
    "forecastText": "https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/pinery-pp.txt",
    "directionsGoogle": "https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Pinery%20Provincial%20Park%20Dark%20Sky%20Preserve&travelmode=driving",
    "directionsApple": "https://maps.apple.com/?daddr=Pinery%20Provincial%20Park%20Dark%20Sky%20Preserve&dirflg=d"
  },
  "attribution": {
    "app": "Clear Night Planner — Ontario Night Sky",
    "url": "https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=pinery-pp",
    "license": "Editorial content © Clear Night Planner. Data freely citable with link back."
  }
}