Dark Sky Parks in the United States
Dark Sky Parks are parks that have exceptional starry nights and are protected for this very reason. The U.S. has by far the largest number of Dark Sky Parks anywhere in the world and more than ninety percent of dark sky parks are in the U.S.
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Light pollution across the contiguous 48 in 2012
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Arizona
- 🌍 Chiricahua National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Flagstaff Area National Monuments. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Grand Canyon National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Kartchner Caverns State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Oracle State Park. (updated Dec 2021)
- 🌍 Petrified Forest National Park. (updated Dec 2021)
- 🌍 Saguaro National Park. (updated Nov 2023)
Arkansas
- 🌍 Buffalo National River, 170 Ranger Road, St Joe, ☏ +1 870 439-2502. (updated Nov 2021)
California
- 🌍 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Death Valley National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Joshua Tree National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
Colorado
- 🌍 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Curecanti National Recreation Area. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Dinosaur National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Hovenweep National Monument. Park shared with Utah. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Jackson Lake State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Mesa Verde National Park. (updated Dec 2021)
- Top of the Pines. (updated Feb 2023)
Florida
- 🌍 Big Cypress National Preserve. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, Okeechobee. (updated Dec 2021)
Georgia
- 🌍 Stephen C. Foster State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
Idaho
- City of Rocks National Reserve. (updated Feb 2023)
- 🌍 Craters Of The Moon National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
Illinois
- 🌍 Middle Fork River Forest Preserve. (updated Dec 2021)
Kentucky
- 🌍 Mammoth Cave National Park. (updated Dec 2021)
Maine
- 🌍 AMC Maine Woods, ☏ +1 207 695 3085. A largely uninhabited piece of land that is now used for many recreational purposes. (updated Nov 2021)
Michigan
- 🌍 Dr. T.K. Lawless County Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Headlands County Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- Keweenaw Dark Sky Park. (updated Feb 2023)
Minnesota
- 🌍 Voyageurs National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
Nebraska
- Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area. (updated Feb 2023)
Nevada
- 🌍 Great Basin National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
New Mexico
- 🌍 Capulin Volcano National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Chaco Culture National Historical Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Clayton Lake State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 El Morro National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Fort Union National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- Valles Caldera National Preserve. (updated Feb 2023)
North Carolina
- Mayland Earth to Sky Park & Bare Dark Sky Observatory. (updated Dec 2021)
- Cape Lookout National Seashore. (updated Feb 2023)
Ohio
- 🌍 Geauga Observatory Park. (updated Nov 2021)
Oregon
- 🌍 Prineville Reservoir State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
Pennsylvania
- 🌍 Cherry Springs State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
Tennessee
- 🌍 Obed Wild and Scenic River. (updated Dec 2021)
Texas
- 🌍 Big Bend National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Big Bend Ranch State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Copper Breaks State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. (updated Dec 2021)
- Milton Reimers Ranch Park. (updated Dec 2021)
Utah
- 🌍 Antelope Island State Park. A rather desolate dark sky park, but that's what makes the sky so clear from this park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Arches National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Bryce Canyon National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Canyonlands National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Capitol Reef National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Cedar Breaks National Monument. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Dead Horse Point State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 East Canyon State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Fremont Indian State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Goblin Valley State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Goosenecks State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Jordanelle State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Kodachrome Basin State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Zion National Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 North Fork Park. (updated Dec 2021)
Virginia
- 🌍 Sky Meadows State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 James River State Park. (updated Nov 2021)
- 🌍 Natural Bridge State Park. (updated Dec 2021)
West Virginia
- Watoga State Park. (updated Feb 2023)
Wisconsin
- 🌍 Newport State Park. (updated Dec 2021)
Wyoming
- 🌍 Sinks Canyon State Park. (updated Nov 2023)
See also
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