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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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Bee Cave
Communities
Southwest United States
![Beverly Shores, Indiana](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2015/04/beverly_shores_group_72dpi.png)
Beverly Shores, Indiana
Communities
Midwest United States
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Big Park / Village of Oak Creek, Arizona
Communities
Southwest United States
![View of the night sky above Bisei Town.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/10/Arch_of_the_Milky_Way_over_Bisei_Town-scaled-1440x522.jpg)
Bisei Town, Ibara City
Communities
Japan
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Blanco, Texas
Communities
Southwest United States
The City of Blanco is located in Blanco County in central Texas, U.S., in the heart of the Texas …
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Bon Accord, Alberta
Communities
Canada
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Borrego Springs, California
Communities
Western United States
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Camp Verde, Arizona
Communities
Southwest United States
![Carrickalinga Lookout](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/05/Carrickalinga-Lookout-at-night-credit-The-Backyard-Universe-1440x1097.jpg)
Carrickalinga
Communities
Australia
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Coll
Communities
Scotland
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Cottonwood, Arizona
Communities
Southwest United States
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Crestone, Colorado
Communities
Southwest United States
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Dripping Springs, Texas
Communities
Southwest United States
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Flagstaff, Arizona
Communities
Southwest United States
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Fountain Hills, Arizona
Communities
Southwest United States
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Fredericksburg, Texas
Communities
Southwest United States
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Fulda, Hesse
Communities
Germany
The city of Fulda is one of the principal cities of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany. …
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Groveland, Florida
Communities
Southeast United States
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Hawthorn Woods, Illinois
Communities
Midwest United States
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Helper, Utah
Communities
Southwest United States
![Stargazing Homer Glen IL](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2015/01/stargaze-homerglen.jpg)
Homer Glen, Illinois
Communities
Midwest United States
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Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Communities
Southwest United States
![View of the Milky Way above Jelsa at night.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2022/02/004_Humac-scaled-1440x960.jpg)
Jelsa
Communities
Croatia
![Sunset over lake in Jonestown, Texas](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/01/Sunset-Over-Travis.jpg)
Jonestown, Texas
Communities
Southwest United States
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Julian, California
Communities
Western United States
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Ketchum, Idaho
Communities
Western United States
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Lakewood Village, Texas
Communities
Southwest United States
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Moffat
Communities
Scotland
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Møn and Nyord
Communities
Europe
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Niue
Communities
Niue
![Image of North Rondaldsy at night.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/09/Peter-Donally-3-House-scaled-1440x811.jpg)
North Ronaldsay Dark Sky Island
Communities
Scotland
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Norwood, Colorado
Communities
Southwest United States
Norwood is a small rural town on Wright’s Mesa at an altitude of 7,000 feet (2,134 meters) in San …
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Nucla and Naturita, Colorado
Communities
Southwest United States
![Image depicting Pellworm at night.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2021/08/Pellworm_C_Sören-Lang-scaled-1440x960.jpg)
Pellworm Star Island
Communities
Germany
![A drone aerial view of a street with dark sky friendly dim and warm lighting.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/01/11-Drone-2-B4355-Bypass-1440x917.jpg)
Presteigne & Norton Dark Sky Community, Wales
Communities
Wales
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Ridgway, Colorado
Communities
Southwest 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.