Rappahannock County Park stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Northern VA · Bortle 4 · 38.667, -78.167 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:08 GMT

Poor (Medium confidence)

No sustained clear window; brief gaps possible (min cloud 32%).

Best observing window tonight

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

Astronomical night: Fri 4:08 p.m. → Sat 2:26 a.m.
Moon: New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night): 73% (min 32%)

Site

Rappahannock County Park is a small, 7.3-acre county park just a few miles from Shenandoah National Park, and it earned International Dark Sky Park status in 2019 — a notably dark spot for how close it sits to the D.C. metro area.

Drive from Toronto: Off Route 211 near the town of Washington, VA, roughly 90 minutes from the D.C. beltway.

Best time of year: The park hosts scheduled Open Observation Evenings and dark-sky events — check its calendar for dates, typically spring through fall.

Open the live 48-hour forecast →

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 Rappahannock County Park: /sites/rappahannock-county-park.txt
Structured site data: /sites/rappahannock-county-park.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=rappahannock-county-park updates continuously.