- As you set off north and leave the city lights behind, you'll see the big dipper standing on its handle, ahead and to the right. Just behind your right shoulder, the brightest star in that section of sky is Regulus, 2 or 3 fists above the horizon. Regulus is actually a double star, and is about 79 lights years from us which is fairly close as far as stars go.
- After you turn left on Clear Springs Road, look way up and a little left to locate a tight cluster of bluish stars, known as the Pleiades (or the Seven Sisters). There are actually about 800 stars there, but without a telescope, you'll probably only be able to pick out 7 or 8.
- After a mile, turn left on Road 33E and enjoy the constellation Orion - the hunter of Greek mythology, with his belt of three stars. Trace a line from Orion's belt left and down to the brightest star Sirius, or up and right to Aldebaran (and on to the Pleiades, if you didn't find them earlier).
- A glimpse of the riches of the winter sky
