Geminid Meteor Shower and Dark Sky Tour
Sunday 14th December 2025 from 19:30pm to 21:30pm
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre
The Square, Tomintoul, Banffshire, AB37 9ET
Join us in Tomintoul for an evening of meteor spotting and stargazing under the pristine skies of the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park. This year’s Geminid meteor shower, peaking on 14 December 2025, offers a chance to see bright, multi-coloured meteors streak across the sky in near-perfect viewing conditions.
Please note that this has already taken place on 14/12/2025
Event organiser
Tomintoul and Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park is organising this event
Please contact Tomintoul and Glenlivet Cairngorms Dark Sky Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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Event booking
Event darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Sun 14th Dec
Local light pollution
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to a rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite. For more advanced light pollution data, view this location on DarkSkySites.
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Semi-rural
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Tomintoul & Glenlivet Discovery Centre