Sugar Pine Reservoir Boat Launch Parking Lot

Take Interstate 80 to the Foresthill Road exit in Auburn. Go right (east) at the end of the offramp. Go east 18 miles (about 25 minutes) on Foresthill Road to the town of Foresthill. Continue 9 miles to the Sugar Pine Reservoir exit on your left. Follow that for 5.7 miles (10 minutes) to the Boat Launch parking lot, which will be on your right. Enter the area and go right into the large (lower) parking lot. This is it. There are two adjacent parking lots. The telescopes will be set up on the upper lot, near the far (north) end. Guests park in lower lot.

Please dress warmly, even on summer evenings. If weather/sky conditions are poor for observing, the session is canceled.