Yes, you can!
Treat your family, friends,
or group of up to 50 people
to a night with the stars!
Coming Events
Star Party
Saturday, February 18
Begins 7 PM. Details
How do we get into a "closed" park?
Mondays: Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Mar. 12,
Mar. 19, Apr. 16, Apr. 23
Lectures on the seasonal sky, with telescope
observing after class. Details
Observatory: OPEN!
Park: Closed during Winter
Tell your friends that we will continue to offer
Star Parties on our usual schedule. Details.
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park will be closed to other
public use (hiking, camping) through March 1, 2012.
RFO volunteers are working
harder than ever to operate
the Observatory in a closed park.
Save our State Park and RFO
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park is closing. Help us keep the Park and the Observatory open!
RFO’s operator, Valley of the Moon Observatory Association, and its partners—including the Sonoma Ecology Center, United Camps Conferences and Retreats, Valley of the Moon Natural History Association, and Sonoma County Trails Council—are negotiating with the state to operate the park. Join us at: sonomaecologycenter.org and parksalliance.com
Tell your legislators that you do not
support the closure of our state parks.
The Parks Alliance for Sonoma County was created to address closures of State Parks in Sonoma County.
Sign up to volunteer, to receive updates and make donations to specifically support Sugarloaf Ridge State Park at sonomaecologycenter.org and parksalliance.com or by downloading the form on the Parks Alliance webpage and sending it in.
Thank you for supporting RFO!
Above: The Observatory at night. Photo by Mark Hillestad
Top right photo of Refractor Telescope by Jerry Telfer