set up camp practically anywhere and enjoy the night sky. Late summer and fall months are usually the best times to visit. Hart Mountain is found due west of the Alvord Desert, and like Steens ...

Man-made marvels are all well and good, but there’s something eternally, breathtakingly special about gazing up at a wide-open field of stars—and seeing the night sky streak ... Farther south in the ...

“If you look at a light pollution map, southeastern Oregon—like the Alvord Desert—is the ... s first designated Dark Sky Place in 2020. Simply looking up at night is one way to take in ...