News Release

Solar Program and Star Party

Date: April 5, 2022
Contact: Troy Banzhaf, 479-451-8122 ext. 1226

Pea Ridge National Military Park hosts Solar Program and Star Party presented by the Sugar Creek Astronomical Society Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Pea Ridge NMP is excited to host the Sugar Creek Astronomical Society for a Solar program at 1:00pm and a Star Party from 8:15pm-11:00pm, on Saturday April 9, 2022. Sugar Creek Astronomical Society members will discuss our closest star, the Sun, a mere 93 million miles away, at 1:00pm and present a Star Party from 8:15-11pm to guide visitors in an exploration of the night sky. Don’t have a telescope to view the night sky? No worries, SCAS members will have telescopes set up that night. If you want to bring your own telescope, come join the party. Participants are encouraged to bring drinking water, insect repellent and chairs. Admission is free. Program will take place behind the park visitor center. For more information, please call 479-451-8122 x 1227.

Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves and commemorates the March 7-8, 1862, battle that helped Union forces maintain physical and political control of the state of Missouri. Administered by the National Park Service, the 4,300-acre battlefield is located 10 miles north of Rogers, just off US Highway 62