Fry Family Park County Park

How dark the sky is at Fry Family Park: Bortle Class 5, suburban sky

The zenith sky here reads 20.47 magnitudes per square arcsecond. That is about 4.1 times the brightness of a pristine natural sky (22.0), the extra coming from artificial light scattered in the air.

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added. On the night, haze, smoke, humidity and the Moon set the real limit.

What's up from Fry Family Park by season

At latitude 40.7°N, the north celestial pole stands 41° above the horizon, close to Polaris. Every star north of declination -49° rises at some time of year. The Milky Way core in Sagittarius climbs to 20° above the southern horizon. These are the constellations well placed, 35° or more above the horizon, at about 10 pm in the middle of each season, brightest first.

Showpieces from Fry Family Park through the year

At about 10 pm on the 15th of each month; a dash means the sight is below 25° then.

Never set from Fry Family Park

• Camelopardalis
• Cassiopeia
• Cepheus
• Draco
• Ursa Major
• Ursa Minor

Only skim the southern horizon from Fry Family Park

• Centaurus
• Corona Australis
• Grus
• Lupus
• Phoenix
• Vela

Never rise from Fry Family Park

• Apus
• Ara
• Carina
• Chamaeleon
• Circinus
• Crux
• Dorado
• Horologium
• Hydrus
• Indus
• Mensa
• Musca
• Norma
• Octans
• Pavo
• Pictor
• Reticulum
• Telescopium
• Triangulum Australe
• Tucana
• Volans

Where to set up at Fry Family Park

The coordinates on this page point to Fry Family Park barn parking, at 330 m (1,080 ft): 40.664°N, 81.342°W.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Open the larger map · Directions. Arrive before dark, park facing away from other observers, and use red light only.

Fry Family Park among the dark sky places of Ohio

Each dot is a dark sky place, colored by Bortle class; select one for its page. See Ohio dark sky places for the full list, darkest first.

Camping and lodging at Fry Family Park

The nearest town with motels or inns is Canton, OH. Check the official site for campgrounds and overnight rules; many parks close their gates at night, so ask about after-dark access.

Dark sky places nearest Fry Family Park

Star parties near Fry Family Park

Planning a trip? Astrotourism in Ohio puts the dark sky places, observatories, clubs, star parties, planetariums and science centers of the state on one map, with the best night out worked out.

Observatories inside Fry Family Park, and astronomy clubs nearby

• Wilderness Center ObservatoryOpen to the public. Star Watch nights with TWC Astronomy Club at the Wilderness Center (check events calendar)

Observatories within 100 km

• Burrell Memorial ObservatoryBerea, Ohio, 90 km (56 mi), open to the public

Nearest astronomy clubs

• Wilderness Center Astronomy ClubWilmot, Ohio, 25 km (15 mi). Meets Monthly, last Friday
• Astronomy Club of AkronAkron, Ohio, 39 km (24 mi). Meets 4th Friday monthly (Nov usually 3rd Friday; none Jun-Aug, Dec)
• Mahoning Valley Astronomical SocietyNewton Falls, Ohio, 66 km (41 mi). Meets Last Saturday monthly: Apr-Oct 8 pm at the club observatory, Braceville; Nov-Mar 6 pm
• Cuyahoga Astronomical AssocNorth Olmsted, Ohio, 89 km (55 mi). Meets 2nd Monday monthly, 7:30-9 pm
• Black River Astronomical SocietyLorain, Ohio, 97 km (60 mi). Meets 1st Wednesday monthly, 7 pm

See observatories and astronomy clubs in Ohio. Local clubs often hold their star parties at dark sky places like this one.

Fry Family Park record

From the site's dark sky places dataset (parks_q426). The sky by season is computed from the coordinates.