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Popular Travel Show Host Visits Cosmic Campground
Silver City Sun News Reports On TV Special On The The Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary Being Featured On PBS's "Travels with Darley" For A Detailed Look At The High-Tech Observation Site.
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SILVER CITY, NM-- The Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary (CCIDSS) in Silver City, NM teamed up with Darley Newman of "Travels with Darley" to do a special on the background of the New Mexico forest campground, and what makes it a special place for camping. The result is a video called "New Mexico's Continental Divide Trail" which airs on PBS stations in March and April. Cosmic Campground and the Gila National Forest have partnered for a 20-year special use permit. A high tech weather station and night sky data collection system is at the site and run by solar power at the campground. Podcaster Patricia Grauer says: "In August (2017) we were contacted by Darley to inquire if my husband (Dr. Al Grauer) and I would be interested in being part of a project at the Cosmic Campround.". "We agreed and Newman and her camera crew met us there on the evening of Sept. 3." Grauer also stated that in late February of this year, Newman spoke on Capital Hill for the 50th anniversary event for the National Trail System. "They talked about us and the Cosmic Campground," Grauer said. "She also showed them photographs of us and the video from their visit."
The Cosmic Campground is located off Hwy 180 West between mile marker 37 and 38 - 8.5 miles north of Alma. CCIDSS is for primitive camping with minimal site amenities including an information kiosk, a pit toilet, and four concrete telescope/observation pads. There is a brown National Forest sign opposite the entrance at an orange cattle guard. The hard surface road is about 1.3 miles to the campground. There is a two-place standard FS toilet on site. Cosmic Campground and the Gila National Forest have partnered for a 20-year special use permit. A high tech weather station and night sky data collection system is at the site and run by solar power at the campground. Data will be streamed over the internet wirelessly for people and students to see around the globe.
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