Mark, Your best option in the valley is Wheeler Farm. We have found this to be the darkest location in town. Many parks have curfew rules but for our star parties we have never been questioned by the park owners or police. If you have a telescope set up and looking at the stars, I would be very surprised if anyone bothered you for it. The thing you have to be careful of is the sprinkling systems coming on. At our star parties, we go to great lengths to get an understanding with the park management to insure that the sprinklers won't come on. Thanks Rodger Fry -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of msaengsoury@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:20 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Do I have permission...? Hello. This is Mark Saengsoury. I was curious about something. I've been wanting to get out a couple of nights a week and head on over to a park such as Winchester or Wheeler to stargaze a bit. I don't have the freetime to head out to a darksite so it's my next best option. When SLAS sets up public star parties at parks, do we ask permission from the city hall or whatnot? Or do we just settle on down whenever we want? I'd like to spend a couple of hours in a park, but I know parks give warnings that they close at like 10 pm or so. Would I be okay just hanging out there after hours or would I have to get some kind of permission? _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php