Colorado Stargazing Trail

The Colorado Tourism Office describes Paonia as a community sheltered by the West Elk Mountains, which help reduce surrounding light. The trail recommends pairing a visit with a local dark-sky event or using a campsite at nearby Paonia State Park for independent stargazing.[2]

Dark Skies Paonia

Dark Skies Paonia describes its work as “Reducing Light Pollution & Bringing Back the Night One Light At A Time.”[3]

The organization says Paonia is an International Dark Sky Community, provides local lighting and stargazing guidance and maintains an events page for astronomy and dark-sky programming. Its current site also says a community observatory is in the planning and development stage to connect the public with astronomy through stargazing events.[3]

Sources

  1. [1]

    Photo: DarkSky International / Aaron Watson, Dark Skies Paonia — Town of Paonia, Colorado

  2. [2]

    Colorado Tourism Office, Colorado Stargazing Trail™ — colorado.com/colorado-stargazing-trail

  3. [3]

    Dark Skies Paonia — darkskiespaonia.com and Community Observatory — darkskiespaonia.com/community-observatory