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General Dark Sky Site Observing Rules

The O'Brien Dark Site

• The O'Brien Dark Site is private property in Montgomery, TX. It has open fields with a treed horizon in all directions at 5 degrees. Make sure pets are leashed, there may be livestock roaming the property.
• Address:
  27899 Myers Rd.
  Montgomery, TX
  77356
• The map location is: here
  Latitude: N 30d 22m 57s, Longitude: W 95d 48m 17s (This is the exact location you may setup your telescope)
• Other notes and the procedure for reserving a night in addition to the regular monthly NHAC star parties may be found here
• Detailed Directions:
  

The White Eagle Lodge

• The White Eagle Lodge is a private church retreat in Montgomery, TX. It has an open field with dark western and northern skies, although the east does suffer from light pollution. The north and east have good low horizons, while the west and southwest are somewhat obstructed by trees.
• Address:
  2615 Saint Beulah Chapel Road
  Montgomery, TX
  77316
• website: www.whiteaglelodge.org
• The Google map location is: here
  Latitude: N 30d 21m 23s, Longitude: W 95d 44m 40s (This is the exact location you may setup your telescope)
• Directions:
  From the center of Montgomery (TX105 & 149), take TX105 west 3.2 miles.
  Turn left onto Old Dobbins Rd. After 0.5 miles, the road turns sharply right, then immediately turn left onto St. Beulah Chapel Rd.
  After turning onto St Beulah Chapel Rd, go past Dear Creek Ln on the left, then veer left as the road goes past Beulah Ln on the right.
  After the domed Church building, immediately turn left, into their driveway (the Church building is about 1 mile from Old Dobbins Rd)
  You'll then drive past the domed building on a rough gravel/dirt driveway, past another building with a small parking lot. Keep going until you get to the open field. Park along the dirt road below the mobile home site.
• See site pictures at NHAC News
• Other notes and and the procedure for reserving a night in addition to the regular monthly NHAC star parties may be found here
• The property owners (St. John's Retreat Center) request that all users sign a Release of Liability Waiver
  Please print and sign this at home, and bring a copy with you and give it to an NHAC Board Member, if you ahve not done so previously.

The following sites are affiliated with other organizations.

Insperity Observatory (formerly Administaff Observatory)

• At Jack Fields Elementary (public school), Humble, TX
• Available to members of NHAC. Please contact Aaron Clevenson at aaron@clevenson.org for access.
• A Google map is: here
• Insperity Observatory website

Sam Houston State University

• SHSU Observatory, also used by Huntsville Amateur Astronomy Club
• Dark Skies, northeast of Huntsville, TX
• Available to members of NHAC. Please contact Aaron Clevenson at aaron@clevenson.org for access.
• Details

Houston Astronomical Society Observatory

• Site is available to members of HAS and their guests.
• Southwest of Columbus, TX
• See their web site for more details

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