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" }, { "@type": "Review", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alex D." }, "datePublished": "July 29, 2024", "reviewBody": "Great location to view the stars. John was very knowledgeable and it was pretty cool to experience the night sky through his telescope. The site was easy to get to and offered a great camping spot for our pop-up. Spend the day in Fairplay or the nearby reservoirs and come back for the evening star viewing. We had great views of Saturn!" }, { "@type": "Review", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph D." }, "datePublished": "August 1, 2024", "reviewBody": "It's such a cool, remote spot. John is really welcoming and offered us two incredible nights of stargazing. He has a large telescope set up that gave us amazing views of all sorts of night sky objects. The porta potty was very clean. The space is simple, with wide open views all around. We really enjoyed our stay." }, { "@type": "Review", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yv D." }, "datePublished": "August 2, 2024", "reviewBody": "Actual address is 2572 Goldenburg Canyon Rd. Easier to find than with lat/long numbers since John has the address numbers out by the road on a triangular set up of wood. We drove around a little to find the fairly bare 5-acre site with 6 RV dry camping spots. Great experience in the dark sky environment. Saw stars, globular clusters, constellations John help point out and got lots of excellent information on sky map apps as well as telescopes." }, { "@type": "Review", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rosa B." }, "datePublished": "August 4, 2024", "reviewBody": "I highly recommend camping at John’s Observatory. This place is a hidden gem. We camped one night and had the most amazing experience learning about our night sky via John’s extensive knowledge of our cosmos. He allowed us all to view the galaxies, stars, planets, with his telescope, we also saw so many shooting stars! We camped in a tent, and is also like to add the the porta-potty was very clean. I look forward to camping here again and sharing this special experience with friends." } ] }