[AZ-Observing] Novice Group meeting at Flatiron on Saturday night

Howdy all;
 
Just a quick reminder that the Novice group of SAC will meeting at the
Flatiron site on Saturday night.  If you are just getting started in
viewing the sky and have lots of good questions, this is the place for
you.
 
See you there;
Steve Coe  
 
Flatiron Site directions
 
The Flatiron site is at least a one hour drive from the city lights, so
please be on the road by 5:00 PM.
 
Travel west on I-10 until you get to the 339th Ave. exit, the Rip
Griffin's Truck Stop is at this exit.  Go north (right) on 339th Ave.
for 2 miles and then turn west (left) on Indian School Rd.  Go 2 mi. and
then turn north (right) on 355th Ave.  This road becomes Wickenberg Road
along the way.  You will pass Flatiron Mountain on the left, hence the
name of the site.  At mile marker 23.3 you will turn east (right) on a
wide dirt road.  If you go too far on Wickenberg Road, there is a cattle
guard and a Bureau of Land Management sign immediately along the road to
let you know, you went too far and missed the turn.  So, this is NOT the
dirt road that runs along a fence line, the correct dirt road is to the
south of the fence.  Note your odometer reading when you turn onto the
dirt road, the site is 0.9 miles off the pavement.  The dirt road goes
through a wash and the site is on the left after you have traveled
through the wash.  It is a large area of desert pavement on the left
side of the road.  Some white rocks mark the entrance to the observing
site.  The trip is all on hard surface roads, until you turn onto the
dirt road, which is well maintained.
 
 

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