About Night Gaze Camp

Last updated 2026-10-19

Night Gaze Camp is a phone app that answers one question: where should I camp tonight to see the stars or the aurora?

It treats US federal campgrounds and national park units as the places to stay, and ranks them with tonight’s cloud forecast, moonlight, an estimate of sky darkness and the chance of aurora. You can plan several nights at once, download state data for use offline, and export the plan as a PDF or calendar file.

How it is made

• Campground and park records come from US government public-domain data: the Recreation Information Database (RIDB) and the National Park Service.
• Cloud forecasts come from the US National Weather Service; aurora data comes from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center.
• Night Gaze Camp is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any government agency.
• Sky darkness is estimated from satellite night-light data. It is not a measurement. See Support.
• Every data source and open-source library is listed on the credits page.

Who runs it

Night Gaze Camp is owned and operated by SKYSEED TECH LLC. You can write to us at support@nightgazecamp.com.