Community Science Day at Split Rock
May 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Split Rock Lighthouse and the Bell Museum are teaming up to bring hands-on STEAM fun to the North Shore! Families and kids of all ages can explore exciting activities, and everyone will have the chance to safely view the Sun through a special solar-filtered telescope (weather permitting). While the lighthouse is closed for construction, you […]
May Full Moon
May 12, 2025 @ All Day – The May full moon is known as the Flower Moon reflecting the abundance of flowers that bloom in May – yay!
Northern Lights June 26-27
June 4, 2025 – June 5, 2025 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm – Find the best stargazing dates on the North Shore. The month long forecast has northern lights predicted for June 13 – 14. This means it could happen late night June 25 through early morning hours of June 28. In addition, northern lights aka aurora borealsi occur at all hours of the day, including daylight hours. […]
June Full Moon
June 11, 2025 @ All Day – June full moon is most commonly known as the strawberry moon for the delivious wild and commercial berries that fruit this month in northern climates. For this reason, it is sometimes known as the Berries Ripen Moon.
July Full Moon
July 10, 2025 @ All Day – Full moons have many names derived from various cultures reflecting what was happening in the natural world. The July full moon is known as the Buck Moon as it is when new antlers of buck deer grow. It is also known as the Salmon Moon, Raspberry Moon, Thunder Moon, and Hay Moon.
Split Rock Night and Twilight Photography
July 19, 2025 – July 20, 2025 @ 1:00 pm – 1:00 am – Split Rock Night and Twilight Photography Gather at the iconic Split Rock Lighthouse for a night and twilight photography workshop with North Shore photographers John Gregor and Hayes Scriven; learn more about the art and enjoy the stunning scenery! Scheduled to coincide with optimum visibility of the milky way, this workshop will give you the […]
Dark Sky Night at Split Rock Lighthouse
August 12, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – In partnership with The Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium for their yearly Dark Sky Caravan, Split Rock Lighthouse is hosting Darky Sky Night. To celebrate our dark skies, the evening will begin with a presentation by John Gregor, owner of Coldsnap Photography. John will share his approach to night sky photography, covering the Milky Way and […]
Huge! Northern Lights September 1
September 1, 2025 – September 2, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 5:45 am – The Northern Lights will be out all night Monday, September 1st. It looks like the best viewing will be from about 1am-4am but they night skies should be dancing from dusk to dawn! The aurora should be seen as far south central Idaho, most of Nebraska, all of Iowa, through central Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, […]
September Full Moon
September 7, 2025 @ All Day – September Full Moon Full moons have many names derived from various cultures reflecting what was happening in the natural world. The Fall Harvest Moon is the full Moon closest to the September equinox (around September 22). Most years, it’s in September, but every four years or so, it falls in October. Th September moon is […]
