Stargazing friendly, family run campsite under fantastic dark skies and home to the twice-yearly “Galloway Gathering” starcamps. Excellent amenities and a wonderful part of the world make this a great stargazing location.
Stay & gaze - this location benefits from dark skies, relatively low levels of light pollution, is astronomy friendly and suitable for stargazing breaks. If you visit and find that the location is not dark sky friendly please let us know!
Weather forecast
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20/01/22
5° 8% -
20/01/22
2° 4% -
21/01/22
3° 8% -
21/01/22
4° 44%
Weather forecast for Wigtown (2.6 miles away) updated 20/01/22 at 20:00.
Local light pollution
Drumroamin Farm Camping & Caravan Site is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Urban
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
Light pollution map of Drumroamin Farm Camping & Caravan Site
Best time to visit
The below chart shows when the skies will be at their darkest at this location and therefore the best time to visit. 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. See our dark sky calendar for more details.
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Find more dates
If you are planning to visit this location check our dark sky calendar to find out when is best!
CalendarForthcoming events
Below is a list of events at Drumroamin Farm Camping & Caravan Site. View these events on a calendar.