All Dark Sky Places

Eifel National Park

Parks

Germany

Eifel is the first and only German national park in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is also …

April 24, 2015

Copper Breaks State Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Copper Breaks State Park, located in northern Texas some 21km south of the town of Quanah, contains two small …

April 24, 2015

Clayton Lake State Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Clayton Lake State Park, located in Union County, New Mexico, is a place of rolling grasslands, volcanic rocks, and …

April 24, 2015

Cherry Springs State Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Due to its exceptionally dark skies, Cherry Springs State Park is one of the best places in the eastern …

April 24, 2015

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park is home to many ancient wonders including the ruins of a civilization that thrived …

April 24, 2015

Capitol Reef National Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Capitol Reef National Park sprawls over 98,000 hectares of federal land in southern central Utah. It is named for …

April 24, 2015

Mayland Earth to Sky Park & Bare Dark Sky Observatory

Parks

U.S.A.

Mayland Earth to Sky Park & Bare Dark Sky Observatory, formerly the Blue Ridge Observatory and Star Park, is …

April 24, 2015

Natural Bridges National Monument

Parks

U.S.A.

Natural Bridges National Monument, located on the Colorado Plateau in the sparsely populated southeastern corner of Utah, is famous …

April 24, 2015

NamibRand Nature Reserve

Reserves

Namibia

Namibiaʼs NamibRand Nature Reserve, one of Africaʼs largest private nature reserves, lies in one of the naturally darkest (yet …

April 24, 2015

Westcliffe and Silver Cliff, Colorado

Communities

U.S.A.

Westcliffe and Silver Cliff are the only two incorporated settlements in the Wet Mountain Valley of southern-central Colorado. The …

April 15, 2015

Thunder Mountain Pootsee Nightsky

Communities

U.S.A.

The Kaibab Paiute Indian Reservation is a community of approximately 250 residents located on the Arizona-Utah border about 80 …

April 15, 2015

Sark, Channel Islands

Communities

Channel Islands

Sark, a Channel Island protectorate of the United Kingdom near the coast of Normandy, is Europe’s first International Dark …

January 28, 2015