[Pcarnahan45]

20 April 2024 at 19:14:40 #1436281

I am going to be in Wengen, Switzerland during the new moon week in September (02 Sept) and want to find the best elevated location facing SSW (about 195 degrees) that over looks my favorite town. Any suggestions welcome:)

Thanks, Philip Carnahan, Laguna Niguel, CA

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[Mark]

21 April 2024 at 15:07:59 #1436647

The ideal spot I suppose would be Mannlichen (https://www.myswissalps.com/activity/mannlichen/) or the Royal walk viewpoint. I’m not sure when the Mannlichen / Wengen cable car closes but I expect it’s too early for you purposes. Probably your best bet is to walk uphill to the most NNE corner of Wengen (it’s on the side of a hill ). You will likely have a view of Wengen (https://www.myswissalps.com/town/wengen/) as well as the SSW area of the sky.

Mark

[Pcarnahan45]

21 April 2024 at 17:14:19 #1436672

Thanks, Marc, I appreciate your input. I did realize it was something called Google Maps in Google Earth, which I pulled up to help me try to find a trail in the exact direction you mentioned. Cross my fingers for clear skies 🙂

[Yolanda]

21 April 2024 at 20:26:35 #1436683

Hi Pcarnahan45,

It might be worth contacting Wengen tourist office for some additional suggestions.

Kind regards,

Yolanda

[Alpenrose555]

22 April 2024 at 3:22:17 #1436694

Hi Philip,

Mark’s suggestion of the Männlichen viewpoint was a good one, but as he suspected, the last cable car down to Wengen is at 17:30.

There is a hotel up there though, if you wanted to stay the night:

https://www.berghaus-maennlichen.ch/en/Hotel

This map might help as well:

https://s.geo.admin.ch/e92l3h9rmqap

On the other side of Switzerland, the Val Müstair village of Lü is reputed to have the darkest skies in Switzerland – just in case you’re interested! (The Alpine Astrovillage closed in 2019 though.)

https://www.val-muestair.ch/en/lu-lusai-val-mustair

Hope you get a lovely clear night for your photos!

Alpenrose