Sark is a small island in the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population of about 600. Sark (including the nearby island of Brecqhou) has an area of 2.10 square miles (5...

Sedona, Arizona is a small town located in the high country just north of Phoenix in Arizona’s Verde Valley. The area is best known for its fiery red sandstone formations that create breathtaking backdrops being the reason the region is referred to as “The Red Rocks of Sedona”. There are hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails in the Sedona are...

Snowdonia National Park was established in 1951 as the third National Park in Britain, following the Peak District and the Lake District. It covers 827 square miles (2,140 km2), and has 37 miles (60 km) of coastline. The English name for the area derives from Snowdon, which is the highest mountain in Wales at 3,560 ft (1,085 m). Many of the hikers in the area concentr...

The South Downs National Park is England's newest National Park, having become fully operational on 1 April 2011. The park, covering an area of 1,627 square kilometres (628 sq mi) in southern England, stretches for 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex. The national p...

The Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve is a 1,416-square-mile (3,670 km2) dark-sky preserve near the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, in the U.S. state of Idaho. It was designated on December 18, 2017 and is the first gold-tier dark sky preserve in the United States. The area was designated by International Dark-Sky Association. The area includes the city of Ketchum, Id...

Starry nights at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument are exceptional, with night sky readings that prove the monument and its surrounding neighbors have some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi. Within its 87,564 acres there are no electric lights and no commercial power sources. Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is an International Dark Sk...

On 4 July 2016, the Warrumbungle National Park was the first within Australia to be certified as a Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky Association.

Warrumbungle National Park is a heritage listed national park located in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The national park is located approximately 340 mi northwest of Sydney and contained within 57,600 acres. The park attracts approximately 35,000 visitors per annum. The national park is based on the geographical Warrumbungle Mountain Range, sometimes...

The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and the Glacier National Park in the United States. Both parks are declared Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO and their union as a World Heritage Site. The stunning loop route goes through the Montana Rockies with breathtaking scenery and includes the popul...