The park at the tip of Michigan’s mitten became Michigan’s first international dark sky park in 2011, and is open for free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for stargazing and hiking its nature ...

The 16,000-acre Cottonwood Canyon State Park on the lower John Day River is Oregon’s third certified “International Dark Sky Park.” The organization DarkSky International certifies a variety ...

One example is Warrumbungle National Park: a 233 square-kilometre park home to iconic volcanic landforms, some of the richest birdlife diversity in the state and Australia's first Dark Sky Park.