Bays Mountain Park Planetarium - Kingsport, TN - Planetariums on Waymarking.com

Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport recently completed a $1.3 million, one-year renovation of its planetarium — completely gutting the theater of its equipment, seats and flooring and installing a new state-of-the-art digital star projector, dome, 6.1 Surround Sound, LED lighting system, new sloped floor, and theater-style seats. Five Zeiss digital projectors surrounding an optical star projector, all located in the middle of the planetarium, were purchased at a cost of $780,000. The debut 30-minute program is called “Connections” to highlight the new Zeiss equipment and show off what the park does — nature and astronomy. (reference)

The park website (given below) has now been updated with correct show, times, and price.

Coordinates are for the entrance to the Bays Mountain Nature Center building (Waymark WM52T5).

Planetarium Address: Bays Mountain Park 853 Bays Mountain Park Rd. Kingsport, TN USA 37660 Planetarium Website: [Web Link] Cost: $3/car or $12/bus entrance fee into park $3/person for planeterium Or consider $25 individual annual membership with two free show tickets or $35 for families with six show tickets. Until May 2nd, local Boy Scouts are selling scout show tickets for $1 with a show ticket coupon on the sheet. Hours of Operation: Call the park at 423-229-9447 for showtimes. Currently, Mon - no shows Tues-Fri 4:00PM only Sat-Sun 1:30 and 4:00PM School groups are in the morning

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