Northern lights in Saint John tonight

The Fundy Trail Parkway runs along the Bay of Fundy coast east of Saint John and provides some of the darkest accessible sky in New Brunswick. The coastal cliff edge gives a clear northern horizon with the bay to the south. The parkway closes its main gate in winter but the entrance area remains accessible. Bortle 2 conditions on the outer headlands with no settlement lighting to the north across open water. A Kp 5-6 storm produces a glow low on the northern horizon from the cliff tops, often clearer on a long-exposure camera than to the eye.

Fundy National Park on the upper bay coast has earned recognition as a dark sky preserve. Point Wolfe area at the park's south end gives a clear coastal horizon. The park campground provides an accessible base, and the park's interior is largely free of artificial lighting. On a Kp 5-6 storm night, an aurora glow is visible low on the northern horizon from park clearings above the tree line. The tidal bays and coastal cliffs of Fundy make this the best-positioned dark sky site near Saint John.

A coastal national park on the Northumberland Strait with flat terrain, lagoon beaches, and almost no light pollution to the north across the strait. The park is a designated dark sky preserve. The barrier beach at Kelly's Beach gives an unobstructed 180-degree northern horizon across open water. On a Kp 5-6 storm night, this is one of the best aurora observation positions in Atlantic Canada. The distance from Saint John makes it a target for significant storm forecasts rather than marginal nights.