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Every place is a certified Dark Sky Place listed by DarkSky International. Bortle, coordinates and designation year are shown only where the official source publishes them.
278 certified places + 246 stargazing parks · 87 states · 36 countries
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524Places published
87US states
278 certifiedPlaces in the full set
Explore by state
Start with a state, then pick a place.
- AL
4 places
- Alabama
1 place
- Alaska
7 places
- AR
2 places
- Arizona
28 places
- Arkansas
3 places
- AZ
9 places
- CA
10 places
- California
13 places
- CO
3 places
- Colorado
25 places
- Connecticut
1 place
- Delaware
1 place
- FL
6 places
- Florida
7 places
- GA
7 places
- Georgia
2 places
- Hawaii
3 places
- IA
1 place
- ID
3 places
- Idaho
6 places
- IL
2 places
- Illinois
5 places
- IN
3 places
- Indiana
2 places
- Iowa
2 places
- Kansas
1 place
- Kentucky
2 places
- KS
5 places
- KY
1 place
- Louisiana
1 place
- MA
1 place
- Maine
4 places
- Maryland
2 places
- Massachusetts
1 place
- MD
5 places
- MI
1 place
- Michigan
8 places
- Minnesota
3 places
- Mississippi
1 place
- Missouri
3 places
- MN
2 places
- MO
3 places
- Montana
5 places
- MS
1 place
- MT
3 places
- NC
7 places
- ND
2 places
- NE
2 places
- Nebraska
3 places
- Nevada
3 places
- New Hampshire
1 place
- New Jersey
1 place
- New Mexico
14 places
- New York
2 places
- NM
4 places
- North Carolina
4 places
- North Dakota
2 places
- NV
1 place
- NY
3 places
- Ohio
4 places
- OK
2 places
- Oklahoma
2 places
- OR
1 place
- Oregon
9 places
- PA
3 places
- Pennsylvania
3 places
- Rhode Island
1 place
- SC
3 places
- South Carolina
2 places
- South Dakota
3 places
- Tennessee
4 places
- Texas
25 places
- TN
4 places
- TX
10 places
- Utah
27 places
- VA
10 places
- Vermont
1 place
- Virginia
8 places
- WA
8 places
- Washington
4 places
- West Virginia
3 places
- WI
2 places
- Wisconsin
2 places
- WV
3 places
- WY
3 places
- Wyoming
7 places
Explore by country
Certified places on six continents.
- Australia
9 places
- Austria
3 places
- Brazil
1 place
- Canada
5 places
- Canada / United States
1 place
- Channel Islands
1 place
- Chile
2 places
- China
3 places
- Chinese Taipei
1 place
- Croatia
2 places
- Denmark
5 places
- Finland
1 place
- France
7 places
- Germany
11 places
- Greece
1 place
- Hungary
3 places
- Ireland
2 places
- Israel
1 place
- Japan
4 places
- Luxembourg
1 place
- Mexico
1 place
- Mexico / United States
1 place
- Namibia
1 place
- Netherlands
3 places
- New Zealand
10 places
- Niue
2 places
- Norway
1 place
- Pitcairn Islands
1 place
- Poland
1 place
- Saudi Arabia
2 places
- South Africa
2 places
- South Korea
1 place
- Spain
1 place
- Switzerland
1 place
- United Kingdom
22 places
- United States
410 places
Know before you go
Darkness and access change with weather and park work. We show only what a source lists.
Structured, not guesswork
Every place is real data — type, state, country and designation year — so you can compare and filter, not scroll endless blog intros. Fields that are not listed stay blank.
Sourced and honest
Certification data from DarkSky International, with a source link on every place page. No invented directions, fees or best-time claims.