The Best US Trains for Stargazing Trips

A train ride provides the perfect opportunity to slow down and take in the vast universe overhead.

California's Napa Valley Wine Train offers sky-facing windows and a seven-course menu with wine pairings. Larry Gevert/Dreamstime/TNS

By John Metcalfe The Mercury News

Light pollution is the bane of a stargazer’s existence. The glow emanating from cities tends to wash out everything interesting happening above our heads—comets, meteor showers, and the (until recently) floating astronaut prison that is the International Space Station.