East Zion Stargazing Tour: Explore Utah's Milky Way

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Orderville

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Experience the breathtaking beauty of Utah’s Milky Way on our East Zion Stargazing Tour. Learn about constellations, gaze at the crystal-clear night sky, and even see shooting stars through our powerful telescope. Bundle up for a magical experience in the cold fall and winter months!

Duration: 1 hour

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Zion National Park - Zion National Park is a dark sky area, allowing for an incredible stargazing experience. This tour takes place just outside the eastern border of the national park, elevated above the surrounding communities.

What's Included

Tea and coffee included

Additional Information

Experience the Milky Way in Utah as never before. Our expert guides will assist you in understanding constellations while observing the impeccable night sky. Post guidance, you’ll also have the chance to view the stars via our high-magnification telescope. Lucky groups often get to see a meteor in its transient existence!
During autumn and winter, brace…

Location

Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort

Twin Knolls Road

Please check in at the desk in our recreation barn. The barn is the tall building behind the main lodge at Zion Ponderosa.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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742natasja

Aug 31, 2024

An absolute must see! - Oliver and John took us to a platform in Zion National park! It felt great to be in a quiet, dark park staring at the sky; lying on a blanket with sone hot cocao. There was a full moon, a blue moon that night. Oliver told us great stories about the stars and pointed them out for us. We also looked at the stars and the moon through a telescope and even saw the planet Jupiter! We all loved it!

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Michael_s

Aug 29, 2024

Captivating - The guide was knowledable and captivating. He kept our attention and interest. He talked about the constellations and pointed them out.

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370kiram

Aug 20, 2024

Wonderful experience - We happened to go on a super blue moon evening, so not as many stars as normal, but the constellation sighting and stories were terrific. Also hot cocoa and hot Apple cider! Felt no rush at all, and both guides were super knowledgeable.

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Navigate44512224932

Aug 2, 2024

10 out of 10 recommend! - This was one of the favorite parts of our trip to Utah! Oliver was so great and we loved the stories and hot chocolate under the stars. There was a meteor shower and we saw soooo many shooting stars!

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Michelleak4958lp

Jun 3, 2024

Family of 4 - I brought my family of 4 to the stargazing tour. My son is 12 and my daughter 6. It was a good sized group and we all walked together to nice, secluded area where the staff provided hot chocolate and hot cider and blankets! The guide was knowledgeable and interacted with the group. My son, husband and i enjoyed just sitting under the blanket of stars and learning about the night sky . we even saw a shooting star! my daughter fell asleep as it was past her bedtime but i would 100% recommend this tour!

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Kimmy_m

Jul 4, 2024

Nice - Speaker very informative and was a nice night overall. Too far of a drive from where we stayed and mostly resort ppl. Other ppl with phone lights and chatting wasn’t great.

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Susan_g

May 31, 2024

Pretty but difficult - The night skies are incredible and the host had nice stories. If you're a guest of the ranch and didn't have to drive it would have been better. The drive was really pretty through park but alot of switchbacks and give yourself a lot of time to get to the ranch. And driving back to Cedar City was difficult and took hours.

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Betty

May 14, 2024

Less favorite trip - Guide needed to have a microphone. He was knowledgeable but his voice did not carry too well.That’s all I have to say about that.

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John

Sep 28, 2024

Don't Bother - To start, don't be fooled, this tour may have an Orderville UT address but the meeting point is about 30 miles from there. You meet at a campground, walk about 100 yards into the woods and sit on a concrete slab to look at the stars. They feed the already sugar stoked kids at the campground instant Swiss Miss hot chocolate, so it's quite noisy, and they play with their flashlights which makes adjusting your eyes to the night sky difficult. Yes you do see stars, and there is a little narration from the guide, but we could do just as well at our site picnic table with a "star gazing" phone app. Not worth the cost at all, don't bother.

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Heatherjo4737kq

Sep 20, 2024

Couldn’t see hardly anything in the sky - We booked this having read that Utah has some of the darkest sky’s… except last night was almost a full moon. I didn’t even think about the moon, but it lit up the sky so much we could barely seen anything in the sky. So we sat out in 45 degree weather and listened to a guy talk about the starts for an hour and a half. Total waste of time and money. We sat on an uncomfortable cement pad in the cold looking at the same sky we have anywhere. I would NEVER recommend this unless 1. No moon and 2. It was warmer. I would recommend they not even run this “adventure” unless the sky is dark.

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up to 15 guests

1 Adult