Parc national du Mont-Mégantic

Discover fascinating activities when you visit the ASTROLab in afternoon: movie Emergence: Cosmic Evolution, 4K projection system, Virtual Reality experience in the Solar System! Pursue your visit at the Mount Megantic Observatory, located at the top of the mountain, for explanation on its operation as well as the work and research accomplished by the astronomers.

Who has never dreamed of seeing these mysterious heavenly lights illuminate the sky? Among the world’s greatest spectacles, the polar lights have always been fascinating. Where do they come from? Can we predict them? How to observe them? Join us for a colourful adventure!

Discover the new micro museum located in the former Abri du prêtre. A place of remembrance bearing witness to the history of the chapel, immerse yourself in important moments in the history of the Canton and of the site and relive the journey of people who have visited the site, and of the French Canadian colonization of the territory.

This 6.7 km loop, situated in the Franceville sector, opens on new landscapes and never seen before rocky caps of the massif: numerous cliffs, rocks overviews, luxuriant lichens, vertiginous points of view. The Pain-de-Sucre hill will reveal itself in its entire splendor.

Stimulate curiosity in your family hikes by browsing the Trail to the Dragon Rest so that your little explorer brings a gold nugget to the reception in exchange a surprise. In the Observatory sector, it is at the Belvedere Sun he will find a lunar nugget. Good discoveries to future great hikers!

On Saturday evenings, come and crown your outdoor outing with an afternoon visit to the ASTROLab or an evening of astronomy at the ASTROLab. Learn all about celestial movements, the winter sky, and astronomical news.