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Distance Mi	Bear -ing	S p o n s o r e d?	Chart	Preview color key	Light Pollution	Prov/State	Comments/Links
0			Cedar Falls			Iowa	Home of the University of Northern Iowa.
14	N		Wartburg College Observatory			Iowa	An observatory of Wartburg College in Waverly.
20	E		Hodges and North Wildlife Area			Iowa	Near Jesup. Used by members of the Black Hawk Astronomy Club, affiliated with the Grout Museum in Waterloo Iowa.
20	SW		Grundy Center			Iowa
31	SE		Bearbower Sand Prairie Area			Iowa	A Buchanan county park.
47	SW		Dean Memorial Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of the Amateur Astronomers of Cental Iowa. Located at Green Castle Recreation Area in Marshall County.
51	W		Dark Sky Observatory			Iowa	A private observatory near Alden.
53	SE		Hilltop Homeschool Observatory			Iowa	A private observatory of a member of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers. Near Cedar Rapids.
55	S		Grant O. Gale Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of Grinnell College in Grinnell..
55	S		W/P Observatory			Iowa	Near Grinnell.
58	NW		Mason City			Iowa
61	SW		Ashton Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of the Des Moines Astronomical Society. Near Baxter.
63	NE		Decorah			Iowa
64	S		Williamsburg			Iowa
66	SE		Palisades-Dows Observatory			Iowa	An observatory of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers. Between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
69	SW		Ames			Iowa	Home of the Ames Area Amateur Astronomers.
70	S		Barnes City			Iowa
70	W		Strohbehn Observatory			Iowa	A private observatory in Webster City.
72	NE		Wyalusing			Wisconsin	Home of the Starsplitters of Wyalusing.
76	SE		Iowa City			Iowa
85	SE		Riverside			Iowa
85	SW		Erwin W. Fick Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of Iowa State University. Near Moingona.
87	N		Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center			Minnesota	Environmental Center used as a star party site by the Rochester Astronomy Club.. Near Lanesboro
88	NE		Luckydog Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory particpating in the AAVSO and Center for Backyard Astrophysics.
89	E		Grant River Recreation Area			Wisconsin	A recreation area near Potosi.
89	SW		Des Moines			Iowa
90	NW		Albert Lea			Minnesota	The town, not the person.
91	E		Dubuque			Iowa
91	SE		Iowa SkyNet Observatory			Iowa	A private observatory near Washington, IA.
92	N		Magnuson Observing Site			Minnesota	A private site near Corning.
94	NE		Mount Sterling			Wisconsin
99	E		Timber City Productions Lookout			Iowa	A private observing site.
101	SE		Dixon			Iowa	Close to Menke and Jens-Wendt Observatories
103	E		Galena			Illinois
103	N		Rochester			Minnesota
105	E		Big M Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory near Platteville.
105	SE		Muscatine			Iowa
107	NE		La Crosse			Wisconsin	A home of University of Wisconsin's Planetarium and the La Crosse Area Astronomical Society.
107	S		Antique Airfield-IA27			Iowa	An airfield in Ottumwa.
110	SW		Timberline Observatory			Iowa	A private observatory somewhere around Winterset.
111	N		Birdland Observatory			Minnesota	A private observatory near Rochester.
114	N		Owatonna			Minnesota	Home of the Steele County Astronomical Society
114	NE		Trempealeau			Wisconsin
117	N		Cherry Grove			Minnesota	An observing site of the Minnesota Astronomical Society.
118	E		Mineral Point			Wisconsin
118	NE		Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center			Wisconsin	Nature reserve and site of star parties by the La Crosse Area Astronomical Society.
118	NE		Richland Center			Wisconsin
118	S		Lake Sundown			Iowa	Near Unionvile.
119	E		Apple River			Illinois
120	NW		Waseca			Minnesota
121	E		Dodgeville			Wisconsin
121	E		Massbach Ridge			Illinois
123	SE		John H. Witte Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of the Southeast Iowa Astronomy Club.
123	SW		Whiterock Resort			Iowa	AKA Whiterock Conservancy. Near Coon Rapids. Site of the Iowa Star Party.
125	E		Rutenbeck Observatory			Iowa	Just west of Clinton.
125	NE		Wildcat Mountain State Park			Wisconsin	State park near the town of Ontario, WI.
125	SE		Sunny Knoll Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory in Port Byron.
125	SE		The Stellar Shed			Illinois	A private observatory near Aledo.
128	NW		Fairmont			Minnesota
130	E		Mark's place			Wisconsin	A private observing site.
132	SE		PACMO			Illinois	An observing site of the Popular Astronomy Club.
136	E		Wild Apple Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory in Dane County.
136	NW		Standeford and Andreas Observatories			Minnesota	Observatories of Minnesota State University, Mankato
137	E		West Point Observatory			Wisconsin	Observatory near Monticello.
138	N		Goodsell Observatory			Minnesota	Observatory, with public observing, of Carleton College. Near Northfield.
138	N		Northfield			Minnesota	A sited used by the Minnesota Amateur Astronomers.
138	W		Grundmeier Farm			Iowa	A private observing site.
140	SE		Wever			Iowa
141	E		Meadowlark Ridge Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory somewhere around near New Glarus.
141	N		Maiden Rock			Wisconsin
141	W		Manning			Iowa	A town in Carroll County.
142	NE		Reedsburg			Wisconsin
142	SW		Grand River			Iowa	A town in Decatur county.
143	E		Doug Firebaugh Observatory			Illinois	A public observatory in Freeport, Illinois, partly funded by the Planetary Studies Foundation.
143	E		Monroe			Wisconsin	A town in Green county.
143	NE		Dievseta			Wisconsin	A private site near Warrens.
144	NW		Montgomery			Minnesota	A sited used by the Minnesota Amateur Astronomers.
144	S		Powersville			Missouri
144	SW		Moore-Gosch Memorial Park			Iowa	A park in Wayne County.
145	NW		Olin Observatory			Minnesota	Observatory of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter.
145	SE		Adolphson Observatory			Illinois	Observatory of Monmouth College in Monmouth.
145	SE		Viking Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory Near Galesburg.
146	E		Pine Bluff Observatory			Wisconsin	Local research observatory of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 15 miles from Madison.
146	N		Sunny Brook observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory somewhere around Plum city.
150	E		Sterling			Illinois
152	N		Rockridge Observatory			Minnesota	A private observatory near New Prague.
153	SE		Knox College Observatory			Illinois	Observatory at Knox College.
153	SW		Graceland University Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of Graceland University. In Lamoni
153	W		Denison			Iowa
154	E		Yanna Research Station			Wisconsin	Observatory site of the Madison Astronomical Society. Near Attica.
155	NE		Dryden Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory.
155	NW		Sulem Lake			Minnesota	Forecast also covers the towns of Mountain Lake and Butterfield.
157	N		Nininger Bluffs Observatory			Minnesota	A private observatory.
158	E		Velveeta Valley Observatory			Illinois	Aka VVO, a private observatory in Pecatonica.
158	N		The Meadow			Wisconsin	An observatory near River Falls and Lake Woebegon.
159	E		Hawkeye Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory.
159	E		Madison			Wisconsin	Home of the Madison Astronomical Society.
160	N		Burnsville			Minnesota
160	NW		New Ulm			Minnesota	A town in \tBrown county.
162	SE		Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park			Illinois	State park used by some members of the Naperville Astronomical Association.
163	E		Green River State Wildlife Area			Illinois	Link.
163	S		Truman State University Observatory			Missouri	Obsevator of Truman State University. Near Kirksville.
164	N		Casey Observatory			Wisconsin	Observatory of the astronomy department of University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
165	E		De Forest			Wisconsin
165	E		J. Weiskopf Observatory			Illinois	Observatory with free public observing in Byron Forest Preserve District.
166	E		Suburban Lights Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory in Marshall.
166	NE		Michowka Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory.
166	NE		Portage			Wisconsin
166	NE		Salewsky Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory near Big Flats
167	N		Joseph J. Casby Observatory			Minnesota	Joseph J. Casby Observatory of the Minnesota Astronomical Society. Located at the Belwin Conservancy.
168	N		Metcalf Nature Center			Minnesota	An observing site of the Minnesota Astronomical Society.
169	N		Hobbs Observatory			Wisconsin	MPC observatory code 750. In Beaver Creek Reserve near Fall creek. Also site of the Northwoods Starfest held by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society.
170	N		Chanhassen			Minnesota
170	N		Saint Paul			Minnesota	Home of the Minnesota Astronomical Society. Also home of the Macalester College Observatory, which hosts public observing.
170	SE		Macomb			Illinois
172	E		Rockford			Illinois	Home of the Rockford Amateur Astronomers.
172	N		Tainter Lake Skies Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory near Tainter lake.
172	S		Pleiades Observatory			Missouri	A private observatory in Canton.
173	N		Eisenhower Observatory			Minnesota	Public outreach observatory in Hopkins.
173	N		Hidden Valley Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory.
174	E		Big Cigar Astronomy			Illinois	Club near South Beloit
174	N		G49 Observatory			Minnesota	A private observatory. Listed in the MPC as G49 Minnetonka
174	N		Minneapolis			Minnesota	Home of the Minnesota Astronomical Society.
174	NW		Prairie Grass Stargaze			Minnesota	Star party held at Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site. Near Jeffers.
175	E		Astro-Physics			Illinois	Observing site of telescope maker Astro-Physics Inc.
175	E		Janesville			Wisconsin
175	NW		MAS Eagle Lake Observatory			Minnesota	A public observatory of the Minnesota Astronomical Society. At Baylor Regional Park.
178	SE		Weinberg-King State Park			Illinois	State park near Augusta.
179	SE		The Decker-Grebner-Van Zandt Observatory			Illinois	Observatory maintained by the Peoria Astronomical Society. In Jubliee College State Park.
179	SE		Lake Thunderbird			Illinois	A lake near Putnam.

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