COPPER HARBOR, MI – This dark sky festival showcases the spectacular stargazing of Michigan’s northernmost peninsula.

In fact, the park is an official International Dark Sky Park. It's a designation from the International Dark-Sky Association, which promotes and protects locations with great nighttime environments.

The skies above Arches National Park are some of the darkest in the continental U.S., and the area was even designated an International Dark Sky Park in 2019 by the International Dark-Sky Association.

In the US, the National Park Service found that astronomically ... Way very clearly,” says Dan Oakley, the chair of the Dark Sky Places Committee for DarkSky International.

In a 2023 survey of 634 visitors of nine International Dark Sky Parks, 61.8% of Utah's state and national park visitors participated in a night sky recreation activity. During last April's solar ...