In Ontario, my best place was on the beach at Killbear- on Georgian Bay.........towel down, Ken down, eyes open......nothing but stars.....!
My father taught us this as kids....he had been a Chief Eng on oil tankers and knew all about the "no lights" thing from being out on the open seas.......

Now that I am out on the west coast......its only a matter of a 20 min drive into the mountains and pull over on a logging road.....no lights out there........just stars......