The vast Kejimkujik National Park is located on the southwest of the Nova Scotia peninsula and also serves well for an aurora hunt. Port Maitland Beach located in the Yarmouth and Acadian Shores features beautiful sand dunes and suits well for observing the skies over the ocean. Pinnacle Rock is one of the landmarks of the Five Islands. Located on the Ingraham Trail near Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories it is the best place in the world to see the Northern Lights, better known as Aurora Borealis. If these forecasts are not long term forecasts, they allow to know at 3 days or for the same day the intensity of the phenomenon and the probability to see an aurora in different areas of northern Canada. The park located in Colchester County includes the small islands of Moose, Diamond, Long, Pinnacle, and Egg – all of them located just off the coast. As in Alaska or Europe, websites and applications offer forecasts of aurora and intensity of the aurora. Thanks to the coastal location Five Islands Provincial Park is another perfect place to spot the aurora. Nearby Cape Breton Highlands National Park offers more places to view northern lights. Like, Meat Cove village, located the northernmost tip of Cape Breton Island, surrounded by beautiful jagged cliffs. Northern areas naturally have better visibility of the aurora. It also has several beautiful nature preserves without light pollution where the skies are the darkest.

Nova Scotia is surrounded by water, which gives it an advantage in an aurora borealis hunt. Keep track of special websites, like National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for a precise aurora forecast in your area. Since geomagnetic activity is usually on the rise during fall and spring equinoxes, the months of September, October as well as March are considered to be the best time to see the phenomenon. They could be seen better during the darker period from September through March. Northern lights appear in the skies when the so-called solar wind interacts with the magnetic field of the Earth. However, there's still a good chance to see it during the periods of high geomagnetical activity. Nova Scotia is located in the southeastern part of Canada, so the northern lights phenomenon is not as regular here as in Yukon or Northwest Territories.

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