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Statewide Star Party 2025

September 18-20, 2025

Join us for our sixth annual Statewide Star Party. This year’s theme, Aurora Voyage: Chasing the Northern Lights, is an invitation to celebrate the beauty of Minnesota’s northern skies and learn more about this beloved phenomena. Every star party will celebrate their own interpretation of this theme in unique, fun and exciting ways!

Find a star party near you!

Outline of the state of Minnesota with stars to highlight various locations.

Split Rock Lighthouse from 7pm – 10pm: 3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Rd, Two Harbors MN 55616

Dorothy Molter Museum from 6pm – 8pm: 2002 E. Sheridan Street, Ely

City of Cohasset from 7pm – 8:30pm: 26000 Blackwater Road, Cohasset, MN 55721

Virginia Public Library at 3:30pm: 215 5th Ave S Virginia, MN 55792

Buffalo Library from 7pm – 10pm: 18 Lake Blvd NW, Buffalo, MN 55313

Como Planetarium at 6:30pm: 780 W Wheelock Pkwy Door #6, St Paul, MN 55117

Silverwood Park from 6:30pm – 8:30pm: 2500 County Road E West, St. Anthony, MN 55427

Rolling Forks Vineyards from 7pm – 9pm: 21505 Selnes Road, Glenwood, MN 56334

Piragis Northwoods Company Bookstore from 1pm – 3pm: 105 N. Central Avenue, Ely, MN

Northern Lights 5 K Glo Run at 7pm: Whiteside Park, Ely, MN

Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics (UMN) at 8pm: 116 Church Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455

Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary from 6pm – 8:30pm: 1 Theodore Wirth Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55422

Friends of the Greenhouse from 7pm – 10pm: 711 N 9th Ave W, Virginia MN 55792

Fargo-Moorhead Science Museum at Moorhead Public Library, from 2pm – 4pm: 118 5th St S, Moorhead, MN 56560

Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium from 7pm – 9pm: 1023 University Dr, Duluth, MN 55812

St. Cloud State University from 6:30pm – 9pm: 825 1st Ave S, Rm 24, St. Cloud, MN 56301

Bell Museum from 8:30pm – 10:30pm: 2088 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN 55113

Paulucci Space Theatre from 7pm – 10pm: 1515 E. 25th St. Hibbing, MN 55746

Minnesota State University Moorhead Planetarium from 6pm – 8pm: 700 11th St S, Moorhead, MN 56563

Long Lake Conservation Center from 4pm – 11pm: 28952 438th Lane, Palisade, MN 56469

Jay C. Hormel Nature Center from 1pm – 4pm: 1304 21st St. NE, Austin, MN 55912

Sola Fide Observatory from 9pm – 11pm: 53670 180 St, Austin, MN 55912

Eagle Lake Observatory from 7pm – 10pm: 10775 County Rd 33, Norwood Young America, MN 55397

Ely Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center at 9:30pm: 444 Fernberg Rd, Ely, MN 55731

International Wolf Center from 8pm – 9:30pm: 1396 E Highway 169, Ely, MN

Voyageurs Conservancy 12pm – 5pm activity kits, 8pm – 9:30pm presentation and telescopes: Rainy Lake Visitor Center, 1797 Ut – 342, International Falls, MN 56649

Jeffers Petroglyphs from 5pm – 10pm: 27160 County Rd 2 Comfrey MN 56019

Kroening Nature Center from 8pm – 10pm: 4900 North Mississippi Court 55430

Additional Resources

Northern Lights in Minnesota
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