Ten years of keeping the dark.
Starfield started with one bell tent, a borrowed telescope and a promise to the land: no light we don’t need.
Two astronomers, one old hay meadow.
In 2016 Nora and Teo Alvarez bought a tired cattle ranch at the edge of the Ochoco forest because, on their first night there, they could see the Andromeda galaxy without binoculars. They pitched a single bell tent and invited friends.
Today there are eight stays, a bathhouse heated by the sun and a telescope deck — but the rules haven’t changed. Every outdoor lamp is shielded, amber and below knee height. Stays are spaced at least 80 metres apart. And when the fire goes out, it’s properly dark.
Light, land and leave-no-trace.
Dark by design
Certified International Dark-Sky Park since 2021. Amber lamps only.
Off the grid
Solar power, rainwater showers and composting toilets across camp.
Built by hand
Decks, cabins and furniture made from pine thinned on our own land.
Giving back
2% of every booking funds meadow restoration and school astronomy nights.
Swap the streetlights for the Milky Way.
Midweek stays from $145 a night. Book two nights or more and the first campfire supper is on us.