Stargazing Resort

Guided Stargazing Walks & Solar Viewing in UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve
Recommended by National Geographic Traveler (U.K.) and The Independent's Traveller's Guide to stargazing resorts and holidays

Eyes on the skies: Stargazing demand doubles for N.S. hotel Chronicle-Herald
On night safari in Nova Scotia Globe & Mail
Into the darkness: stargazing in Nova Scotia The Guardian
Touting the dark skies of Nova Scotia Chronicle-Herald
Small Luxury Hotels of the World looks up to the starry skies Luxury Travel Magazine

Stargazing Platform

Our Stargazing Platform is located in a riverside meadow away from the surrounding forest, allowing for nearly unobstructed 360-degree views of the sky.

We sit under the darkest skies in North America and together with our platform, advanced telescopic equipment and knowledgeable guide, offer the ideal conditions to experience the night skies like never before!

Stargazing Resort Certified

In late 2014, Trout Point Lodge received certification as the World's first Starlight Hotel from the Starlight Foundation, the organizational arm of the international Starlight Initiative supported by UNESCO.

Trout Point Resort offers guided solar and stargazing from the Lodge's vantage as among the best places for astronomical observations in North America, with dark & clear night time skies. Guided stargazing excursions as well as daytime interpretation of the sun using a solar telescope are available. Learn about the ancient origins and makeup of our solar system, our galaxy, and the universe itself. Check out major constellations and the magnificent Milky Way like you've never seen it before.

The stargazing resort lies within the core zone of the new Acadian Skies & Mi'kmaq Lands Starlight Tourist Destination, and immediately adjacent to a certified Starlight Reserve: the Tobeatic Wilderness Area.

The views are breathtaking and can at times include amazing meteor showers as well as glimpses of the aurora borealis. Using the Lodge's new Meade 10" telescope, astronomical binoculars, portable Celestron SkyProdigy 130 mm, and Coronado 60 mm solar telescope brings heavenly bodies into even greater clarity. An astronomical laser pointer and Sky Quality Meter will enhance the experience.