McDonald Observatory

Top Reviews From Yahoo! Travel

This is a lovely place to visit if you are that far west. more on Yahoo! Travel

We just returned from The Davis Mountains and we stopped by the Obs. during our stay. Mark, our guide, was nice and a very good speaker. We brought ... more on Yahoo! Travel

This will be one of the most beautiful, most fun, most educational evenings you'll ever spend! The star parties at the McDonald Observatory are an experience unique in all the world.
The crisp, clear, dry mountain desert air ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The McDonald Observatory is a must see on a visit to Ft. Davis. The daytime program with the solar viewing is wonderful and the nighttime Star Party ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Top Reviews From TripAdvisor

Unfortunately clouds prevented us from truly seeing the cosmos, but the presentations were wonderful more on TripAdvisor

We enjoyed the twilight program & star party. Even though there were clouds covering part of the sky (during the twilight program, it looked like a thin layer of clouds covering most of the sky), we s ... more on TripAdvisor

The McDonald Observatory is well worth going to. Be sure to dress for the cold if going to the early evening Star Party in the winter months. See the biggest telescopes at two observatories in the A.M ... more on TripAdvisor

We took the morning narrated tour, which was worth every penny. Got to go inside the domes and got amazing information from our tour guide, Judy. Afterwards, we went to the solar viewing and lecture p ... more on TripAdvisor

The nighttime sky is positively incredible from this perch high in the Davis Mountains. Enjoyed the "star party" (tickets required), with interesting lecture, cool laser beam to pinpoint the stars and ... more on TripAdvisor