- 100 Hours of Astronomy
Running Arpil 2-5, 2009, 100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project is a worldwide event consisting of a wide range of public outreach activities, live science center and research observatory webcasts, and sidewalk astronomy events.
www.100hoursofastronomy.org
- Texas Star Party
Held in May, on the 'mile-high' Prude Ranch located near Fort Davis, Texas.
www.texasstarparty.org
- Nebraska Star Party
Annual event held in late July or early August at the Merritt Reservoir, 27 miles south of Valentine, Nebraska.
www.nebraskastarparty.org
- Table Mountain Star Party
Annual July gathering of people interested in astronomy and its many related topics.
www.tmspa.com
- Oregon Star Party
Ochoco Mountains annual August astronomy event.
www.oregonstarparty.org
- Rocky Mountain Star Stare
Star party sponsored by the Colorado Springs Astronomical Society and held each summer in the mountains west of Colorado Springs.
www.rmss.org
- Okie-Tex Star Party
Held annually in fall a top the Black Mesa, located outside of Kenton, OK.
www.okie-tex.com
- Mt. Kobau Star Party
Annual, week long gathering, held in British Columbia in late August. Open to diehard and beginner dark sky observers.
www.mksp.ca
- Southern Cross Astronomical Society Winter Star Party Page
Winter Star Party is held in early February in Miami, Florida.
www.scas.org/wsp.html
- Mt. Bachelor Star Party
Summer star party held at the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area in Central Oregon, minutes from Cascade lakes, hiking trails, City of Bend and Sunriver.
www.mbsp.org
- Southern Skies Star Party
Annual summer star parties held in Bolivia.
www.sssp.org
- Almost Heaven Star Party
Held in June at the Mountain Institute in Spruce Knob, WV, it is a joint venture of NOVAC and the Virginia Outdoor Lighting Taskforce.
www.novac.com/AHSP/index.php
- AstroCamp
Fortnightly camp for astronomers and their families held annually in August.
www.astrocamp.fsnet.co.uk
- Enchanted Skies Star Party
Annual astronomical event held every fall in Socorro, NM.
enchantedskies.org
- Astroblast
Annual June event hosted by the Oil Region Astronomical Society and held near Franklin, Pennsylvania.
www.oras.org/astrblst.htm
- Starfest
Canada's largest annual observing convention and star party. August event in North York, Ontario, Canada.
www.nyaa.ca/index.php?page=sf09/sf.home09
- Cherry Springs Star Party
Held in early summer at Cherry Springs State Park, near Galeton, PA. Features dark skies and quality programming, sponsored by the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg.
www.astrohbg.org/CSSP/Information.html
- Apollo Rendezvous
Annual summer gathering of amateur astronomers in Dayton, Ohio.
www.mvas.org/node/29
- Black Forest Star Party
Annual dark-sky amateur astronomy observing event hosted by the Central Pennsylvania Observers and held in the late summer or early fall in Cherry Springs State Park in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
www.bfsp.org/starparty
- Mid-South Star Gaze
Star party held at Rainwater Observatory, in central Mississippi, every April.
www.rainwaterobservatory.org/stargaze
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