Northern Lights Centre

We just happened to see this as we were driving over to the Sign Post Forest. The visitor centre is located inside. The staff is so nice. We bought tickets for one of the shows that is in the planetarium. It actually was 2 short movies that were very informative and fun. The shows are every hour and last about 45 minutes. They have restrooms available and a lot of information that you can pick up for free. This is definitely worth the cost of the ticket.

We are scheduled to return to this park in a few weeks and very much looking forward to it. The lake front view with float planes occasionally taking off and landing was great. Dockside fire was a great gatheribg spot and the staff was attentive and helpful.

$15 for tickets to the shows in the planetarium. As of Sep 10, 2025 they showed two films, one about black holes, the other about northern lights. When I was there, there were four other people in the theater with me. Shows start every hour on the hour, and last about 45 minutes. It was definitely worth the $15. Highly recommended.

My husband and I had the opportunity to come visit the Northern Lights Centre and the Visitors Centre.The people working here are really nice and informative! They have lots of brochures and maps and they don't hesitate to look at them with you and point out places to visit alongthe way. Their bathrooms are nice and clean, but the best part was the dome! A wonderful must see movie about the Northern lights and the science and history behind it! Definitely come visit them! I highly recommend it!

Stunning visuals on the overhead theater. Two shows (44 min total) back to back. Saw Solar Storm first up, was very informative with exciting footage and animations. Price was worth the experience. Just lean back and enjoy the show. Some concessions available as well as gift items. Friendly staff, and visitor center is now set up on site when you walk in. Will definately take in another show next time I'm in town!

We stopped overnight in Watson Lake and stopped by here to see what it was. Excellent program about northern lights & space exploration. Staff was extremely helpful in planning stops on our trip to Anchorage. Worth the stop!

AFAIK they have a little theatre in the back that shows informative movies about the area. I didn't get to see any of the movies so I don't know if the movies are good or not. I'm just giving them a 5 star review because the centre also doubles as the local tourist information centre. The woman at the counter was very kind, helpful and informative regarding questions involving overnight accomodaations as well as local attractions and local restaurants and amenities. When she heard we were traveling in an RV she even offered us info about where we could boondock for free overnight as well as where we could charge the RV, refill the RV's fresh water tank and dump out the RV's grey and black water tanks without having to pay for a stay at an RV park overnight. While we just ended up paying $60 to stay overnight at the local RV park we appreciated the gesture. (Regarding the RV free services she mentioned those are kind of limited and so I'd still recommend just staying at the local RV park overnight, especially since if too many people use the free and low cost services in the town then they won't be available to poor people travelling through the town and if too many people end up using/abusing those services then the local town might have to stop offering them and ban people boondocking overnight.) (By boondocking I'm talking about parking overnight at the cul de sac at the end of one of the roads near the Sign Post Forest, not like parking in the woods or something. Also there's limited space in that cul de sac for just like 5 to 7 RVs and AFAIK, it's more a situation where the local police "turn a blind eye" rather then "officially endorse doing that" and I think if you stay parked there longer then a day or two you might be told to move on by the local police department.)

We were very disappointed that this center is closed for the season despite saying it’s open until 8pm tonight. Not hard to update your hours on google.