Jul 11,2026
Griffith Observatory Public Star Party — July 2026
On the second Saturday of the month, a dozen strangers with telescopes set up on the lawn below the Griffith dome and, for the price of walking up, hand you the rings of Saturn. A hush comes over people the first time they see them with their own eye instead of on a screen — it stops the small talk cold. July is when it's best: warm nights, steady skies once the Fourth-of-July haze clears, the Milky Way's core rising over the city.
The volunteers are members of the LA Astronomical Society, and they're there to point the eyepiece and answer the question you're too shy to ask — Saturn, Jupiter, and the galactic core are the summer's prime targets from Griffith's hilltop. It costs nothing and needs no reservation; you just show up after dark and find the cluster of telescopes on the west lawn below the main dome, the Observatory itself open till ten if you want the big Zeiss refractor too.
Griffith Observatory, the second Saturday of July, after sunset. Bring a red-light flashlight if you've got one and a layer for the breeze. Parking fills by dusk — the DASH Observatory shuttle from Los Feliz is the stress-free way up. Check griffithobservatory.org for updates.
On the second Saturday of the month, a dozen strangers with telescopes set up on the lawn below the Griffith dome and, for the price of walking up, hand you the rings of Saturn. A hush comes over people the first time they see them with their own eye instead of on a screen — it stops the small talk cold. July is when it's best: warm nights, steady skies once the Fourth-of-July haze clears, the Milky Way's core rising over the city.
The volunteers are members of the LA Astronomical Society, and they're there to point the eyepiece and answer the question you're too shy to ask — Saturn, Jupiter, and the galactic core are the summer's prime targets from Griffith's hilltop. It costs nothing and needs no reservation; you just show up after dark and find the cluster of telescopes on the west lawn below the main dome, the Observatory itself open till ten if you want the big Zeiss refractor too.
Griffith Observatory, the second Saturday of July, after sunset. Bring a red-light flashlight if you've got one and a layer for the breeze. Parking fills by dusk — the DASH Observatory shuttle from Los Feliz is the stress-free way up. Check griffithobservatory.org for updates.
The volunteers are members of the LA Astronomical Society, and they're there to point the eyepiece and answer the question you're too shy to ask — Saturn, Jupiter, and the galactic core are the summer's prime targets from Griffith's hilltop. It costs nothing and needs no reservation; you just show up after dark and find the cluster of telescopes on the west lawn below the main dome, the Observatory itself open till ten if you want the big Zeiss refractor too.
Griffith Observatory, the second Saturday of July, after sunset. Bring a red-light flashlight if you've got one and a layer for the breeze. Parking fills by dusk — the DASH Observatory shuttle from Los Feliz is the stress-free way up. Check griffithobservatory.org for updates.
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Griffith Observatory Public Star Party — July 2026
Saturday, July 11, 2026
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On the second Saturday of the month, a dozen strangers with telescopes set up on the lawn below the Griffith dome and, for the price of walking up, hand you the rings of Saturn. A hush comes over people the first time they see them with their own eye instead of on a screen — it stops the small talk cold. July is when it's best: warm nights, steady skies once the Fourth-of-July haze clears, the Milky Way's core rising over the city.
The volunteers are members of the LA Astronomical Society, and they're there to point the eyepiece and answer the question you're too shy to ask — Saturn, Jupiter, and the galactic core are the summer's prime targets from Griffith's hilltop. It costs nothing and needs no reservation; you just show up after dark and find the cluster of telescopes on the west lawn below the main dome, the Observatory itself open till ten if you want the big Zeiss refractor too.
Griffith Observatory, the second Saturday of July, after sunset. Bring a red-light flashlight if you've got one and a layer for the breeze. Parking fills by dusk — the DASH Observatory shuttle from Los Feliz is the stress-free way up. Check griffithobservatory.org for updates.
The volunteers are members of the LA Astronomical Society, and they're there to point the eyepiece and answer the question you're too shy to ask — Saturn, Jupiter, and the galactic core are the summer's prime targets from Griffith's hilltop. It costs nothing and needs no reservation; you just show up after dark and find the cluster of telescopes on the west lawn below the main dome, the Observatory itself open till ten if you want the big Zeiss refractor too.
Griffith Observatory, the second Saturday of July, after sunset. Bring a red-light flashlight if you've got one and a layer for the breeze. Parking fills by dusk — the DASH Observatory shuttle from Los Feliz is the stress-free way up. Check griffithobservatory.org for updates.
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