All Dark Sky Places

Fountain Hills, Arizona

Communities

U.S.A.

The Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona, is an incorporated municipality of approximately 25,000 inhabitants situated at the edge of …

January 8, 2018

Central Idaho

Reserves

U.S.A.

The Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve is a region of 3,668 square kilometers (1,416 square miles) of remote and …

December 18, 2017

Big Bend Ranch State Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Big Bend Ranch State Park is a ~355,000 acres state park in the “Trans-Pecos” region of far west Texas, …

November 21, 2017

Obed Wild and Scenic River

Parks

U.S.A.

Obed Wild and Scenic River consists of about 2,020 hectares of land within roughly 400 meters on either side …

November 8, 2017

Ketchum, Idaho

Communities

U.S.A.

The City of Ketchum is a municipality of about 3,650 inhabitants situated at an elevation of 1,784 m in …

October 31, 2017

Ramon Crater Nature Reserve

Parks

Israel

Ramon Crater (Hebrew: מכתש רמון, Makhtesh Ramon; hereafter the “Crater”) is an 1,100-square- kilometer nature reserve in the Negev …

September 14, 2017

Kartchner Caverns State Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Kartchner Caverns State Park is located in southeastern Arizona, 14 km (9 miles) south of the town of Benson …

August 31, 2017

Craters Of The Moon National Monument

Parks

U.S.A.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument protects some 21,618 hectares of volcanic formations and lava flows on the northern …

August 21, 2017

Joshua Tree National Park

Parks

U.S.A.

Joshua Tree National Park is a U.S. national park sprawling over land that straddles the boundary of two deserts: …

July 26, 2017

Bodmin Moor Dark Sky Landscape

Parks

U.K.

Bodmin Moor is a remote, rugged, heather-covered upland granite moorland in Cornwall, England. The Moor is the largest unit …

July 8, 2017

Albanyà

Parks

Spain

Albanyà is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, in Girona, Catalonia, consisting of the eponymous village of …

June 28, 2017

Aotea Great Barrier Island

Sanctuaries

New Zealand

Great Barrier Island (GBI) is an island lying some 100 kilometers (62 miles) northeast of central Auckland in the …

June 24, 2017