Note: Ask that only members come out to this site. This is an underdeveloped plot of land purchased by a club member and generously offered by him to club members for a Bortle class 3 dark sky. We are determining the feasibility of this site and therefore are only asking that members attend. Keep in mind that the site has no facilities. Please use this Sign-Up if you plan on attending a scheduled event.
Lat= N 34.1631986° Lng= W 115.7487231°
4972 Zelda Lane
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Directions: Starting from the San Bernardino County Museum:
Total Time & Distance 1 hr 47 min (102 miles)
- Take I-10 E to CA-62 E/29 Palms Hwy. 1 hr 31 min (89.1 mi)
- Turn left onto Godwin Rd 2.0 mi
- Turn right onto Amboy Rd 10.1 mi
- Go to 87561 Amboy Rd.
- Turn right onto Milgor Rd (dirt road) 0.16 mi (833 ft)
- Turn left onto Zelda Ln 0.07 mi (400 ft)
- Destination will be on the left
Moon Phase: 3 days before the New Moon 
Sunset: 7:47 pm
Clear Sky Chart:
Star Party Etiquette:
As with all star parties, please observe standard star party etiquette. Some tips: try to arrive and set up before dark; use no white light – use red filtered flashlights wherever possible – minimize white light from the auto door and dome lights; if you arrive late or plan to leave early, take care to approach and park so your headlights or backup lights do not shine on other participants; if you leave early or must use white light, first give a warning so observers or astrophotographers can compensate; please ask before handling other participant’s telescope equipment. Most importantly, be prepared to relax and enjoy good company under the night sky.
Last Updated on May 27, 2025
My update on weather from the Clear Sky Clock (Canada) ECMWF (Europe) and GFS (US) models:
Clouds:
ClearSkyClock: Clear and Good Transparency
ECMWF: No appreciable clouds less than 10% (from Windy.com)
GFS: 10%-20% high and medium elev clouds
Wind:
ClearSkyClock: Winds 12 to 16 mph after 10pm; 6pm to 12pm before 10pm
ECMWF: 8 to 10 mph
GFS: similar to ECMWF
Satellite:
Clear for now but an area of clouds and showers east of Sierra Nevada mountains and into Nevada edging southward. May be worth checking again just before leaving.
As of now I will be going.
Mike
Will try to get some live-stack images of Omega Centauri and M13 for comparison. Should be fun if the wind isn’t too bad.
I’m planning to go. Will check weather again Sat afternoon. By the way the clear-sky-clock is based on the Canadian weather computer model. There is a line in clear-sky-clock that also shows the European model (ECMWF) cloud prediction. And there is the US model GFS. You can see the cloud predictions from ECMWF and GFS in the program “windy dot com”. The high cloud forecasts can show a lot of variation in model predictions when the conditions are marginal. Windy will also show wind predictions for the two models. Real time satellite images are available too.
Wunderground weather forecast for Saturday night, Wonder Valley predicts winds of 17 mph at 9:00, 14 mph at 10:00. Maybe this isn’t our night for this place, I’m not sure. If you guys still want to go, I’ll join you.
The wind forecast has calmed down some for tomorrow night, so it’s looking like a good night for deepsky.
I’m planning on going. Hopefully it will not be windy.
I plan to attend looking forward to deep sky also!!
Yes, I very much want to be there for some deep sky.