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Find a Dark Sky Place — there are over 160,000 square kilometers of protected land and night skies in 22 countries on 6 continents.
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![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2016/10/BigCypress-featured-700px-366px.png)
Big Cypress National Preserve
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2019/04/1G5A0172-1-2-scaled-1440x2160.jpg)
Buffalo National River
Parks
Southeast United States
![Lighthouse and the Milky Way at CALO.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/12/Compressed-Milky-Way-1-1440x961.jpg)
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2023/07/Downtown-Building-1536x1024-1-1440x960.jpg)
Groveland, Florida
Communities
Southeast United States
![James River State Park Dark Sky Park](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2019/03/James-River-State-Park_North-scaled-1440x961.jpg)
James River State Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2016/01/KPPSP_featured_700px-366px-1440x753.png)
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![The Milky Way as viewed from inside Mammoth Cave National Park. PC: NPS](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/10/Mammoth-Cave-NP-Night-Sky-1440x793.jpg)
Mammoth Cave National Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![The summer Milky Way above Blue Ridge Observatory & Star Park](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2015/04/BlueRidge_Featured_Image.png)
Mayland Earth to Sky Park & Bare Dark Sky Observatory
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/04/NaturalBridge-IDSP-feat-700px-366px.jpg)
Natural Bridge State Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2017/11/Obed-featured-700px-366px.png)
Obed Wild and Scenic River
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2015/04/PickettPogue-featured-700px-460px.png)
Pickett CCC Memorial State Park & Pogue Creek Canyon State Natural Area
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2020/09/IDA-Picture-for-PARI-Listing-.jpg)
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2019/02/Rapp-County-Park-Rt-211-Milky-Way-Hi-Res-e1551804876346.jpg)
Rappahannock County Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/04/SkyMeadows-IDSP-feat-700px-366px.jpg)
Sky Meadows State Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![People Watching Sky at Dusk in Virgina](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2015/07/SRSP-skywatchers-700px-460px.png)
Staunton River State Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2016/11/SCFSP_featured_700px-366px.png)
Stephen C. Foster State Park
Parks
Southeast United States
![](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/10/Droop-Mountain-Milky-Way-Galaxy-2021-Jill-1440x952.jpg)
Watoga State Park
Parks
Southeast United States
As of 1 August 2020, DarkSky no longer accepts new nominations for the Dark Sky Friendly Development of Distinction program, so those are not listed here.