The best place I have been to see "shooting stars", on a clear night is about a year ago, when I stopped to take a piss in the middle of the night between Electric City & Coolee City in Washington, just south of Steamboat Rock State Park... It is almost desert there.. the air is very dry, with no light pollution (city or streetlight).. Until I had stopped there and looked up, I had no idea that there are so many stars up there!