Ultra Luxury Resorts In North America For Star Gazing
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Continuing our series of the best beaches & luxury hotels in the world, I am now looking at the most incredible places in North America for star gazing. These luxury retreats are utterly romantic and offer magical evenings with the opportunities to spot faraway planets, misty nebulae or just to place a wish on a shooting star.

Star Gazing In Utah – Aman Style

Experience the earth’s beauty at its most basic form in this red-rock, rugged desert-scape. Beyond the few pine-clad mountains, there’s little vegetation in this vast arid region. The unique rock formations have been sculpted by time, water and wind. Visit the red-rock spans in Arches National Park, the sheer-walled river gorges in the Canyonlands and the stunning buttes and mesas of Monument Valley.

Amangiri resort (pictured above) is your second reason to visit this stunning region. Tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views towards the Grand Staircase, The resort is built around a central swimming pool with spectacular views. Blending with its dramatic surrounds of deep canyons and towering plateaus, this wilderness escape could not be more rugged. Mesa View Suites (pictured) enjoy uninterrupted views of the surroundings. Each features a private plunge pool and a private sky terrace accessed via a flight of stairs. The sky terrace offers a daybed that is ideal for daytime lounging or dreamy night-time stargazing. Aman resorts are one of our favourite luxury hotel brands and you can read about my recent trip to Aman Grand Canal in Venice.

Star Gazing In Nova Scotia

Trout Point Lodge is a wilderness retreat in Nova Scotia at the heart of the UNESCO SW Nova Scotia Biosphere Reserve and a picturesque 45 minute drive from Yarmouth Harbour, where you find the international ferry from Maine, USA & Yarmouth International Airport. This luxury eco-lodge, which is a member of Small Luxury Hotels, is surrounded by a pine and spruce forest, secluded in nature and on the banks of the Tusket River right next to the Tobeatic Wilderness area. Here you might enjoy sightings of black bear, turtles, flying squirrels, grouse, deer, beaver, owls, loons, eagles and even moose.

The Lodge and grounds occupy 100 acres and at night light pollution is minimal making stargazing sensational. The lodge has a star gazing platform where they organise special tours with an astronomer on staff and powerful telescopes. If you are there on a clear night the sky will be unforgettable.

Moab Stargazing in Utah

Sorrel River Ranch Resort & Spa in Utah, an authentic, 100% Old West hideaway with all the trimmings of a stylish, boutique resort. This red rock resort doesn’t just look like a scene from the movies, it is a scene from the movies with multiple Hollywood blockbusters being filmed in the area since 1949, resulting in silver screen epics like: Rio Grande, The Comancheros and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Hidden in the heart of the gorgeous, red rock wilderness and nestled against the banks of the Colorado River, this upscale 240 acre retreat lies just 17 miles from Moab, Utah and slap bang in the middle of the adventure capital of the West. The accommodation at the resort is not what you’d expect from being in Canyon Country, rather than a standard room, you stay in charming log cabins which offer a mixture of rustic style and luxury with opulent pine beds complete with handcrafted four-posts, cattle horn wall hangings; artsy barbed wire chandeliers and more oak than you would see in a forest along with all the modern amenities you would expect in this level of resort.

If you are fascinated by the dark skies, make sure you don’t miss the Sorrel River Ranch astronomy night. A rare set of factors – very little rainfall, crystal-clear skies, and low-to-zero light pollution – have created an unparalleled stargazing haven at this ranch.

Weather permitting, Moab stargazing sessions are offered every Friday night after sundown. Depending on the time of the year you can see supernova remnants, faraway planets, globular clusters and misty nebulae.

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