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Distance Mi	Bear -ing	S p o n s o r e d?	Chart	Preview color key	Light Pollution	Prov/State	Comments/Links
0			Dixon			Iowa	Close to Menke and Jens-Wendt Observatories
25	E		Sunny Knoll Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory in Port Byron.
26	SW		Muscatine			Iowa
27	N		Timber City Productions Lookout			Iowa	A private observing site.
32	SE		PACMO			Illinois	An observing site of the Popular Astronomy Club.
33	E		Rutenbeck Observatory			Iowa	Just west of Clinton.
38	W		Palisades-Dows Observatory			Iowa	An observatory of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers. Between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
39	S		The Stellar Shed			Illinois	A private observatory near Aledo.
39	W		Iowa City			Iowa
45	SW		Riverside			Iowa
50	N		Galena			Illinois
50	W		Hilltop Homeschool Observatory			Iowa	A private observatory of a member of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers. Near Cedar Rapids.
51	S		Viking Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory Near Galesburg.
51	SW		Iowa SkyNet Observatory			Iowa	A private observatory near Washington, IA.
52	NE		Massbach Ridge			Illinois
53	N		Dubuque			Iowa
56	E		Sterling			Illinois
56	SW		John H. Witte Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of the Southeast Iowa Astronomy Club.
58	S		Adolphson Observatory			Illinois	Observatory of Monmouth College in Monmouth.
59	S		Knox College Observatory			Illinois	Observatory at Knox College.
62	NE		Apple River			Illinois
62	SE		Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park			Illinois	State park used by some members of the Naperville Astronomical Association.
63	N		Grant River Recreation Area			Wisconsin	A recreation area near Potosi.
64	W		Williamsburg			Iowa
66	E		Green River State Wildlife Area			Illinois	Link.
69	NE		Doug Firebaugh Observatory			Illinois	A public observatory in Freeport, Illinois, partly funded by the Planetary Studies Foundation.
70	NW		Bearbower Sand Prairie Area			Iowa	A Buchanan county park.
73	N		Big M Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory near Platteville.
75	S		Wever			Iowa
79	SE		Lake Thunderbird			Illinois	A lake near Putnam.
80	SE		The Decker-Grebner-Van Zandt Observatory			Illinois	Observatory maintained by the Peoria Astronomical Society. In Jubliee College State Park.
82	E		J. Weiskopf Observatory			Illinois	Observatory with free public observing in Byron Forest Preserve District.
82	NW		Hodges and North Wildlife Area			Iowa	Near Jesup. Used by members of the Black Hawk Astronomy Club, affiliated with the Grout Museum in Waterloo Iowa.
83	NE		Monroe			Wisconsin	A town in Green county.
84	N		Mineral Point			Wisconsin
85	N		Wyalusing			Wisconsin	Home of the Starsplitters of Wyalusing.
85	NE		Mark's place			Wisconsin	A private observing site.
85	NE		Velveeta Valley Observatory			Illinois	Aka VVO, a private observatory in Pecatonica.
87	NE		West Point Observatory			Wisconsin	Observatory near Monticello.
89	NE		Hawkeye Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory.
89	S		Macomb			Illinois
89	W		Barnes City			Iowa
90	N		Dodgeville			Wisconsin
91	NE		Meadowlark Ridge Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory somewhere around near New Glarus.
94	NE		Rockford			Illinois	Home of the Rockford Amateur Astronomers.
94	SE		Lone Wolf Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory near Varna.
95	NE		Wild Apple Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory in Dane County.
96	SE		Peoria			Illinois	Home of the Peoria Astronomical Society and the NorthMoor Observatory.
97	E		Starved Rock State Park			Illinois	State park. Used by some members of the Astronomical Society at the University of Illinois. Also home of Astrofest, a star party held by the Chicago Astronomical Society.
99	W		W/P Observatory			Iowa	Near Grinnell.
100	NE		Yanna Research Station			Wisconsin	Observatory site of the Madison Astronomical Society. Near Attica.
100	W		Grant O. Gale Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of Grinnell College in Grinnell..
101	NE		Astro-Physics			Illinois	Observing site of telescope maker Astro-Physics Inc.
101	NW		Cedar Falls			Iowa	Home of the University of Northern Iowa.
102	E		Kirkland			Illinois
103	NE		Big Cigar Astronomy			Illinois	Club near South Beloit
104	S		Weinberg-King State Park			Illinois	State park near Augusta.
105	E		De Kalb			Illinois	Home of the Davis Hall Observatory at Northern Illinois University.
106	NE		Caledonia			Illinois
107	E		Serena			Illinois	A town in La Salle county.
107	SW		Antique Airfield-IA27			Iowa	An airfield in Ottumwa.
108	NE		Blackhawk Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory.
108	NE		Pine Bluff Observatory			Wisconsin	Local research observatory of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 15 miles from Madison.
108	W		Dean Memorial Observatory			Iowa	Observatory of the Amateur Astronomers of Cental Iowa. Located at Green Castle Recreation Area in Marshall County.
109	N		Mount Sterling			Wisconsin
110	E		Streator			Illinois
110	NW		Wartburg College Observatory			Iowa	An observatory of Wartburg College in Waverly.
111	NE		Janesville			Wisconsin
111	NW		Grundy Center			Iowa
112	N		Richland Center			Wisconsin
116	E		Claustonberry Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory near Marengo.
116	E		SWAOG Dark Site			Illinois	A site of the South West Astronomy Observers Group in Yorkville.
116	N		Luckydog Observatory			Wisconsin	A private observatory particpating in the AAVSO and Center for Backyard Astrophysics.
116	NE		Madison			Wisconsin	Home of the Madison Astronomical Society.
117	E		Marengo			Illinois
117	E		NAA Minooka			Illinois	An observing site of the Naperville Astronomical Association.
118	S		Pleiades Observatory			Missouri	A private observatory in Canton.
119	NW		Decorah			Iowa
119	SW		Lake Sundown			Iowa	Near Unionvile.
120	E		Lily Lake Observatory			Illinois	A private observatory near the town of Lilly Lake.

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