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[[File:Rise of the Milky Way.jpg|300px|thumb|The [[Paranal Observatory]] in [[Chile]] is a dark-sky preserve, which lets it have good quality astronomical use]]
A '''dark-sky preserve''' ('''DSP''') is [[protected area]] without [[light pollution]] created by humans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/preserving-night-sky-dark-sky-preserves-canada|title=Preserving the night sky: Dark-sky preserves in Canada|date=4 April 2011|last=McMahon|first=Peter|work=[[Canadian Geographic]]|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716223952/https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/preserving-night-sky-dark-sky-preserves-canada|url-status=dead}}</ref> These areas are used to help [[wikt:promote|promote]] [[astronomy]]. Different countries have different programs for making areas dark-sky preserves. The [[International Dark-Sky Association]] (IDA) uses the word ''reserve'' instead of ''park'', or ''preserve'' with their dark-sky preserves. This is so that people don't confuse International Dark Sky Reserves (IDSR) and International Dark Sky Parks (IDSP).

In Canada, there is a very strict way to make areas dark-sky preserves. This was based on the work by the [[Royal Astronomical Society of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rasc.ca/dark-sky-site-designations|title=Dark-Sky Programs|work=[[Royal Astronomical Society of Canada]]|access-date=13 May 2020|archive-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717190640/http://www.rasc.ca/dark-sky-site-designations|url-status=dead}}</ref> The program is based on the amount of light in an area and how much [[skyglow]] there is from cities and towns that are close to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jasper.travel/dark-sky/|title=Jasper Dark Sky Preserve|work=Jasper Canada|access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref> Canada's program is the only one in the world that makes areas dark-sky preserves. Outside Canada, when areas are called dark-sky preserves, they are not official, and might not be a real dark or protected preserve.

==List of dark-sky preserves, reserves, and parks==
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
! Country
! Name
! Location
! Area (in ha)
! [[Bortle Dark Sky Scale|Bortle scale]]
! Status
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| [[Australia]]
| The Jump-Up, [[Australian Age of Dinosaurs]]
| [[Winton, Queensland]]
| 1,400
| 1–2
| Sanctuary
| Designated on 27 April 2019
|-
| Australia
| [[Warrumbungle National Park]]
| [[New South Wales]]
| 23,312
|
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated on 4 July 2016
|-----
|-
| [[Canada]]
| [[Beaver Hills (Alberta)|Beaver Hills]]
| [[Alberta]]
| 29,300
| 4.5
|
| Designated on 3 September 2006
|-----
|-
| Canada
| [[Jasper National Park]]
| [[Alberta]]
| 1,122,800
| 1–2
|
| Designated on 11 March 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=Jasper National Park named world's largest dark sky preserve |publisher=Parks Canada |date=11 March 2011 |url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Jasper-National-Park-Becomes-Worlds-Largest-Dark-Sky-Preserve-1410194.htm |access-date=15 March 2011 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614220354/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Jasper-National-Park-Becomes-Worlds-Largest-Dark-Sky-Preserve-1410194.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-----
| Canada
| [[Wood Buffalo National Park]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Wood Buffalo National Park |publisher=Parks Canada |date=3 August 2013 |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/index.aspx |access-date=3 August 2013}}</ref>
| [[Alberta]]/[[Northwest Territories|NWT]]
| 4,480,700
| 1–2
| [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] 
| Designated on 28 June 2013<ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Deborah |title=RASC Designates Wood Buffalo National Park as a New Dark Sky Preserve |work=RASC Announcements |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |date=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.rasc.ca/news/rasc-designates-wood-buffalo-national-park-new-dark-sky-preserve |access-date = 3 August 2013}}</ref>
|-----
| Canada
| [[Uplands Park|Cattle Point]]
| [[Oak Bay, British Columbia]]
| 5
| 
| Urban Star Park
| Designated 29 March 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bcmeteors.net/index.php/75-news/latest-news/141-cattle-point-park-approved|title=Cattle Point National Urban Star Park Approved, BC Meteor Network news release, March 29, 2013|website=Bcmeteors.net|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414081820/http://www.bcmeteors.net/index.php/75-news/latest-news/141-cattle-point-park-approved|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-----
|-
| Canada
| [[McDonald Park]]
| [[British Columbia]]
| 5
| 2–3
|
| Designated in 2003
|-----
|-
| Canada
| [[Fundy National Park]]
| [[New Brunswick]]
| 20,700
| 2
|
| Designated on 31 October 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=Fundy National Park a Dark Sky Preserve |publisher=Parks Canada |date=6 June 2009 |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nb/fundy/natcul/ciel-sky.aspx |access-date=24 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209213739/http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nb/fundy/natcul/ciel-sky.aspx |archive-date=9 February 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| Canada
| [[Irving Nature Park]] Urban Star Park
| [[Saint John, New Brunswick]]
| 243
| ?
| Urban Star Park
| Designated on 1 July 2011; First RASC-designated Urban Star Park
|-----
| Canada
| [[Kouchibouguac National Park]]
| [[New Brunswick]]
| 23,920
| 2
|
| Designated on 6 June 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Kouchibouguac National Park a Dark Sky Preserve |publisher=Parks Canada |date=6 June 2009 |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cp-nr/release_e.asp?bgid=1096&andor1=bg |access-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017122035/http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cp-nr/release_e.asp?bgid=1096&andor1=bg |archive-date=17 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-----
|-
| Canada
| [[Mount Carleton Provincial Park]]
| [[New Brunswick]]
| 17,427
| 2
|
| Designated on 18 July 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=esignation requires limited artificial light to protect night skies from light pollution |website=CanadaEast.com |date=18 July 2009 |url=http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/732911 |access-date=3 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307121332/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/rss/article/732911 |archive-date=7 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-----
|-
| Canada
| [[Kejimkujik National Park]]
| [[Nova Scotia]]
| 40,400
| 2
|
| Designated on 7 August 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site a Dark Sky Preserve |publisher=Parks Canada |date=7 August 2010 |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cp-nr/release_e.asp?bgid=1096&andor1=bg |access-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017122035/http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cp-nr/release_e.asp?bgid=1096&andor1=bg |archive-date=17 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| Canada
| Bluewater Outdoor Education Centre
| [[Ontario]]
| 129
| 2
|
| Designated on 3 November 2012 by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
|-
| Canada
| [[Bruce Peninsula Fathom Five National Marine Park]]
| [[Ontario]]
| 16,700
| 2–3
|
| Designated on 29 March 2009
|-
| Canada
| Gordon's Park
| [[Ontario]]
| 43.7
| 2–3
|
| Designated on 15 August 2009; designation is only for the Park though Manitoulin Island (276,611 ha) follows dark-sky practices<ref>{{cite web |title=Gordon's Park Dark Sky Preserve |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |date=November 2008 |url=http://www.rasc.ca/lpa/manitoulin.shtml |access-date=18 November 2010 |archive-date=28 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128150804/http://rasc.ca/lpa/manitoulin.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-----
| Canada
| [[Lake Superior Provincial Park]]
| [[Ontario]]
| 155,600
| 1-2
|
| Designated in July 2018 <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ontarioparks.com/parksblog/lake-superior-dark-sky-preserve/ |title = The Lake Superior Provincial Park Dark Sky Preserve|date = 26 July 2019}}</ref>
|-----
| Canada
| [[Killarney Provincial Park]]
| [[Ontario]]
| 64,500
| 1-2
|
| Designated in May 2018 <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ontarioparks.com/parksblog/tag/dark-sky-preserve/ |title = Dark sky preserve Archives}}</ref>
|-----
|-
| Canada
| [[North Frontenac]] Township
| [[Ontario]]
| 116,000
| 1–2
| 
| Designated on 28 June 2013
|-----
| Canada
| [[Point Pelee National Park]]
| [[Ontario]]
| 2,000
| 3–4
|
| Designated in 2006
|-----
|-
| Canada
| [[Torrance Barrens]]
| [[Ontario]]
| 1906
| 3
|
| Designated in 1999; first Canadian dark sky preserve
|-
| Canada
| [[Mont Mégantic Observatory]]
| [[Quebec]]
| 527,500
| 2–3
| Reserve
| Designated Sept. 2007; first IDA International Dark-Sky Reserve<ref>{{cite web |title= The Mt. Megantic IDSR |publisher=AstroLab du park national du Mt. Megantic |url=http://www.astrolab-parc-national-mont-megantic.org/en/mt_megantic_international_dark_sky_reserve_idsr.the_mt_megantic_idsr.htm |access-date=6 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
| Canada
| [[Cypress Hills (Canada)|Cypress Hills]]
| [[Saskatchewan]]/[[Alberta]]
| 39,600
| 2
|
| Designated on 28 September 2004<ref>{{cite web |title=Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Designated as a Dark Sky Preserve |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan |date=8 October 2004 |url=http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=6c2aabb3-8828-4a5a-9545-df15e33cd77d |access-date=17 November 2008 |archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611012419/http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=6c2aabb3-8828-4a5a-9545-df15e33cd77d |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| Canada
| [[Grasslands National Park]]
| [[Saskatchewan]]
| 92,100
| 1
|
| Designated on 2 October 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Dark Sky Preserve designation for Grasslands National Park |publisher=Parks Canada |date=2 October 2009 |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/sk/grasslands/ne/ne6.aspx |access-date=1 December 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]]
| [[Beskydy Protected Landscape Area|Beskydy Dark-Sky Park]]
| [[Moravian-Silesian Region]], [[Czech Republic]] <br /> [[Čadca District]], [[Slovakia]]
| 30,800
| 3–4
|
| Designated on 4 March 2013; The second world's bilateral dark-sky park<ref>{{cite web |title=Beskydy Dark-Sky Park |year=2013 |url=http://www.boto.cz|website=Boto.cz }}</ref>
|-
| Czech Republic
| Manětín Dark-Sky Park
| [[Plzeň Region]]
| 34,600
| 3–5
|
|Designated on 15 September 2014<ref>{{cite web |title=Manětín Dark-Sky Park |year=2014 |url=http://manetinskatma.cz/|website=Manetinskatma.cz }}</ref>
|-
| [[Germany]]
| [[Westhavelland Nature Park]]
| [[Brandenburg]]
| 
| 
|
| Designated an IDA International Dark Sky Reserve on 12 February 2014<ref name="Westhavelland">{{cite web|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/brandenburg/sterne-sehen-ohne-lichtverschmutzung-deutschlands-dunkelkammer,10809312,26150668.html|title=Sterne Sehen Ohne Lichtverschmutzung: Deutschlands Dunkelkammer|access-date=3 March 2014|website=Berliner-zeitung.de|archive-date=17 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617184417/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/brandenburg/sterne-sehen-ohne-lichtverschmutzung-deutschlands-dunkelkammer,10809312,26150668.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[France]]
| [[Pic du Midi de Bigorre]]
| [[Hautes-Pyrénées]]
| 311,200
| 2–4
| Reserve
| Designated an IDA International Dark Sky Reserve in December 2013; First IDA International Dark Sky Reserve in France (still now) and in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darksky.org/idsp/reserves/|title=International Dark Sky Reserves|date=22 October 2014|website=Darksky.org|access-date=8 August 2018|archive-date=8 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808203114/http://darksky.org/idsp/reserves/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hungary]]
| [[Hortobágy National Park|Hortobágy Starry Sky Park]]
| 
| 10,000
| ?
|
| Designated on 31 January 2011; IDA's third international dark-sky park (Silver tier)<ref name="docs.darksky.org">{{Cite web |url=http://docs.darksky.org/PR/2011/PRSarkHortobagyFINAL.pdf |title=Sark Island and Hortobágy National Park earn dark sky status from the International Dark-Sky Association|access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317142350/http://docs.darksky.org/PR/2011/PRSarkHortobagyFINAL.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-----
| Hungary
| [[Zselic National Landscape Protection Area]]
| 
| 9,042
| 3–4
|
| Designated on 16 November 2009
|-----
| [[Ireland]]
| [[Kerry International Dark-Sky Reserve]]
| [[Iveragh Peninsula]], [[County Kerry]]
| 70,000
| 1–3
|Reserve
| Designated an IDA International Dark Sky Reserve on 27 January 2014<ref name="Kerry">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/southwest-kerry-area-receives-dark-skies-designation-1.1669828|title=Southwest Kerry area receives dark skies designation|access-date=3 March 2014|website=Irishtimes.com}}</ref>
|-----
| [[Israel]]
| Ramon Crater (Makhtesh Ramon)
| 
| 113.2
| 2–3
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 14 September 2017<ref name="ida">{{Cite web |url=http://www.darksky.org/ramon-crater-named-first-international-dark-sky-place-in-the-mideast/ |title=Ramon Crater Named First International Dark Sky Place In The Mideast |date=14 September 2017 |website=Darksky.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[Korea]]
| Yeongyang Firefly Eco Park
| [[North Gyeongsang Province]], [[Yeongyang County]], Subimyeon
| 390
| 
|
| Designated on 1 November 2015
|-
| [[Namibia]]
| [[NamibRand Nature Reserve]]
| 
| 
|
| Reserve
| Designated ???
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| Boschplaat
| [[Terschelling]], [[Friesland]]
| 2,400
| ?
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated on 7 October 2016
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| [[Lauwersmeer]]
| [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] / [[Friesland]]
| 5,000
| ?
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated on 26 June 2015
|-
| [[New Zealand]]
| [[Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park]]
| [[Lake Tekapo|Tekapo]]
| 430,000
| 2<ref>{{cite book|title=An Application to the International Dark-Sky Association for a Starlight Reserve in the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park and the Mackenzie Basin of the central South Island of New Zealand|url=http://docs.darksky.org/IDSPlaces/New_Zealand_IDSP_app.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109023126/http://docs.darksky.org/IDSPlaces/New_Zealand_IDSP_app.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2017|date=27 January 2012|publisher=Mackenzie District Council, University of Canterbury, Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Department of Conservation|page=25}}</ref>
| Reserve
| Designated on 9 June 2012<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.darksky.org/PR/IDA_Aoraki_Mackenzie_PR.pdf |title=New Zealand's Aoraki Mackenzie Named World's Largest International Dark Sky Reserve |date=9 June 2012 |publisher=International Dark Sky Association |access-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710162625/http://docs.darksky.org/PR/IDA_Aoraki_Mackenzie_PR.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McCrone |first=John |title=Stars in their eyes |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7071118/Stars-in-their-eyes |access-date=3 March 2013 |work=[[The Press]] |date=9 June 2012 |pages=C1–C3}}</ref>
|-
| [[Poland]]
| [[Bieszczady National Park|Bieszczady Starry-Sky Park]]
| [[Polish Subcarpathia|Subcarpathia]]
| 113,846.5
| 2–3
|
| Designated on 8 March 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Bieszczady Starry-Sky Park |year=2013 |url=http://www.gwiezdnebieszczady.pl |website=Gwiezdnebieszczady.pl |access-date=17 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212022233/http://www.gwiezdnebieszczady.pl/ |archive-date=12 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-----
| Poland, Czech Republic
| Izera Dark-Sky Park
| [[Lower Silesia]], [[Poland]] <br /> [[Liberec Region]], [[Czech Republic]]
| 7,500
| 3–4
|
| Designated on 4 November 2009; the first European dark-sky park and the first world's bilateral dark-sky park<ref>{{cite web |title=Izera Dark-Sky Park |year=2009 |url=http://www.izera-darksky.eu|website=Izera-darksky.eu }}</ref>
|-----
| [[Slovakia]], Poland, [[Ukraine]]
|East Carpathian Dark-Sky Tripark
|[[Poloniny Dark-Sky Park]] ([[Slovakia]]); Bieszczady Starry-Sky Park ([[Poland]]); Transcarpathian Dark-Sky Park ([[Ukraine]])
|208,667
|2–3
|
|Designated on 9 September 2016; first world's trilateral dark-sky park
|-
| Slovakia
| [[Poloniny Dark-Sky Park]]
| [[Poloniny National Park]]
| 48,519
| 2–3
|
|Designated on 3 December 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=Poloniny Dark-Sky Park |year=2010 |url=http://poloniny.svetelneznecistenie.sk |website=Poloniny.svetelneznecistenie.sk |access-date=2021-09-28 |archive-date=2021-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525232206/http://poloniny.svetelneznecistenie.sk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-----
| Slovakia
| Veľká Fatra Dark-Sky Park
| [[Veľká Fatra National Park]] (part of)
| 325
| 3–4
|
|Designated on 12 June 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title = Park tmavej oblohy Kráľova studňa|url = http://www.fatranskatma.sk|website = www.fatranskatma.sk|access-date = 17 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ukraine]]
| Transcarpathian Dark-Sky Park
| Uzhansky National Nature Park
| 46,302
| 2
|
|Designated on 10 June 2016
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[Exmoor National Park]]
| [[Devon]] & [[Somerset]], England
| 
|
| Reserve
| Designated 10 October 2011
|-
| United Kingdom
| [[Galloway Forest Park]]
| [[Dumfries and Galloway]], Scotland
| 75,000
| 3
|
| Designated on 16 November 2009<ref>{{cite news |last=Carrell |first=Severin |title=Astronomers name Scottish park one of world's best stargazing sites |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 November 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/nov/16/galloway-forest-dark-skies-stargazing |access-date=16 November 2009
| location=London}}</ref>
|-
| United Kingdom
| [[Sark]]
| [[Guernsey|British Crown Dependency of Guernsey]]
| 545
| 3
|
| Designated on 31 January 2011; IDA's first international dark-sky island (Silver tier)<ref name="docs.darksky.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/02/01/133401367/lights-out-tiny-sark-named-first-dark-sky-island|title=Lights Out: Tiny Sark Named First 'Dark-Sky' Island|website=Npr.org|date=February 2011 |access-date=8 August 2018|last1=Palca |first1=Joe }}</ref>
|-
| United Kingdom
| [[Coll|Isle of Coll]]
| [[Inner Hebrides]], Scotland 
| 
| 
|
| Designated on 9 December 2013<ref name="Coll">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25300740|title=Isle of Coll secures 'dark isle' status|work=BBC News|date=9 December 2013|access-date=9 December 2013}}</ref>
|-
| United Kingdom
| [[Northumberland National Park]]
| [[Northumberland]], England 
| 103,000
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated on 9 December 2013<ref name="NNP">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25260186|title=Dark sky status awarded to Northumberland Park area|work=BBC News|date=9 December 2013|access-date=9 December 2013}}</ref>
|-
| United Kingdom
| [[Brecon Beacons]]
| [[Wales]]
| 
|
| Reserve
| Designated 19 February 2013
|-
| United Kingdom
| Mata ki te Rangi (Eyes To the Sky)
| [[Pitcairn Islands|British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Islands]]
| 4325
| 1
| Sanctuary
| Designated 18 March 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitpitcairn.pn/dark_sky/index.html|title=Dark Sky Sanctuary|website=VisitPitcairn-DarkSky|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[United States]]
| [[Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument]]
| [[Arizona (U.S. state)|Arizona]]
| 4,242&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 2014
|-
| United States
| [[Death Valley National Park]]
| [[California(U.S. state)|California]]
| 13,743&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 2013
|-
| United States
| [[Joshua Tree National Park]]
| [[California(U.S. state)|California]]
| 3,199.59&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 26 July 2017<ref>Sahagun, Louis (29 July 2017). [https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-joshua-tree-stars-20170729-story.html Dark Sky designation puts Joshua Tree National Park in a new light]. Retrieved 30 July 2017.</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park]]
| [[Colorado (U.S. state)|Colorado]]
| 124.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 2015
|-
| United States
| [[Hovenweep National Monument]]
| [[Colorado (U.S. state)|Colorado]], [[Utah (U.S. state)|Utah]]
| 3.1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 2014
|-
| United States
| [[Big Cypress National Preserve]]
| [[Florida (U.S. state)|Florida]]
| 2,916&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
|
| Dark Sky Park <ref name="news.wgcu.org">{{Cite web | url=http://news.wgcu.org/post/experience-dark-sky-park-florida |title = Experience A &#039;Dark Sky Park&#039; in Florida| date=13 July 2017 }}</ref>
| Designated 2017
|-
| United States
| [[Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park]]
| [[Florida (U.S. state)|Florida]]
| ?? km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Park<ref name="news.wgcu.org"/>
| Designated 2016
|-
| United States
| [[Stephen C. Foster State Park]]
| [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| 32
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated November 2016<ref name="wabe">{{Cite web |url=http://news.wabe.org/post/south-georgia-park-celebrates-dark-sky-stargazing-status |title=South Georgia Park Celebrates 'Dark Sky' Stargazing Status |last=Samuel |first=Molly |date=2 December 2016 |website=Wabe.org |access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve]]
| [[Idaho (U.S. state)|Idaho]]
| 
| 
| Dark Sky Reserve
| Designated December 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5195309/Idaho-lands-nations-International-Dark-Sky-Reserve.html |title=Idaho spot that is the one of the best places in the world to see the Milky Way named America's first 'International Dark Sky Reserve' |date=19 December 2017 |website=Dailymail.co.uk |access-date=27 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Potawatomi Wildlife Park]]
| [[Indiana]]
| 116
| 4.5
|
|Designated in 2003
|-
| United States
| [[Lake Hudson State Recreation Area]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 890
| 3
| Dark Sky Preserve
| Designated in 1993<ref>{{cite web  |title = Lake Hudson Recreation Area |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |url = http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=464&type=SPRK |access-date = 1 December 2010}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Negwegon State Park]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 1,513
| 
| Dark Sky Preserve
| Designated in 2016<ref>{{cite web  |title = Negwegon State Park |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |url = http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=476&type=SPRK |access-date = 18 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Port Crescent State Park]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 2.4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Preserve
| Designated in 2012<ref>{{cite web  |title = Port Crescent State Park |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |url = http://www.michigandnr.com/ParksandTrails/Details.aspx?id=486&type=SPRK |access-date = 18 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Rockport State Park (Michigan)|Rockport State Recreation Area]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 17.15&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Preserve
| Designated in 2016<ref>{{cite web  |title = Rockport Recreation Area |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |url = http://www.michigandnr.com/ParksandTrails/Details.aspx?id=729&type=SPRK |access-date = 18 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Thompson's Harbor State Park]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 20.68&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Preserve
| Designated in 2016<ref>{{cite web  |title = Thompson's Harbor State Park |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |url = http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=500&type=SPRK |access-date = 18 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Wilderness State Park]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 4,254
|
| Dark Sky Preserve
| Designated in 2012<ref>{{cite web  |title = Wilderness State Park |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |url = http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=509&type=SPRK |access-date = 18 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[The Headlands]]
| [[Michigan]]
| 220
| 3–5
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated in 2011<ref>{{cite web  |title = The Headlands |publisher = Emmet County |url = http://www.midarkskypark.org/ |access-date = 18 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Chaco Culture National Historical Park]]
| [[New Mexico]]
| 13759&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 2–3<ref name="bortleccnp">{{cite web |url=http://www.darksky.org/assets/documents/CCNHP_Intl_Dark_Sky_Park_Application.pdf |title=Chaco Culture National Historical Park International Dark Sky Park Application |publisher=National Park Service |date=July 2013 |access-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131034825/http://darksky.org/assets/documents/CCNHP_Intl_Dark_Sky_Park_Application.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2015 }}</ref>
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated on 28 August 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.darksky.org/assets/documents/IDAChacoPR.pdf |title=New Mexican Skies Protected with Dark Sky Park Designation (press release) |publisher=International Dark-Sky Association |date=28 August 2013 |access-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131035129/http://darksky.org/assets/documents/IDAChacoPR.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Clayton Lake State Park|Clayton Lake]]
| [[New Mexico]]
| 69
|
|
| Designated 29 June 2010<ref name="darksky.org">[http://www.darksky.org/assets/documents/PR/2010/IDSParks2010.pdf International Dark Sky Association Recognizes state parks in New Mexico and Washington for night sky preservation efforts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819163727/http://darksky.org/assets/documents/PR/2010/IDSParks2010.pdf |date=19 August 2013 }}, International Dark-Sky Association news release, 29 June 2010</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Geauga Park District|Observatory Park]]
| [[Ohio]]
| 418.5
| ?
|
| Designated on 20 August 2011<ref>{{cite web| url = http://docs.darksky.org/PR/ObservatoryParkPR.pdf| title = New Ohio Park Commended for Protecting the Nighttime Environment by International Dark-Sky Association (press release)| publisher = International Dark-Sky Association| date = 22 August 2011| access-date = 18 July 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120619183331/http://docs.darksky.org/PR/ObservatoryParkPR.pdf| archive-date = 19 June 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Cherry Springs State Park]]
| [[Pennsylvania]]
| 20
| 2<ref name = "bortle">{{cite web| url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/info/wind/documents/cherry-springs-state-park-light-pollution-analysis-05-29-08.pdf| title = Cherry Springs State Park: Light Pollution Analysis and Recommendations| publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources| date = 27 May 2008| author = Clanton & Associates| access-date = 21 March 2009}}</ref>
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated as a State DSP in 2000 by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and as the second International DSP by the IDA on 11 June 2007.
|-
| United States
| [[Big Bend National Park]]
| [[Texas]]
| 324,219 ac
|
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 11 February 2012<ref>[http://earthsky.org/earth/big-bend-national-park-designated-as-an-international-dark-sky-park Big Bend National Park designated as an International Dark Sky Park], Earth Sky, 11 February 2012</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Copper Breaks State Park]]
| [[Texas]]
| 770
|
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 6 August 2014<ref name="texashighways.com">"[http://www.texashighways.com/blog/item/7543-stars-shine-bright-in-dark-sky-parks Stars Shine Bright in Dark Sky Parks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109080708/http://www.texashighways.com/blog/item/7543-stars-shine-bright-in-dark-sky-parks |date=2017-11-09 }}". ''Texas Highways'', 6 August 2014.</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Dripping Springs, Texas|Dripping Springs]]
| [[Texas]]
| 
|
| Dark-sky Community
| Designated 11 February 2014<ref>"[http://txhillcountrytrail.com/public/upload/users/u96/March%202014%20Newsletter.pdf Dripping Springs Named The First International Dark Sky Community In Texas]". ''Texas Hill Country Trail newsletter'', March 2014.</ref>
|-
| United States
| [[Enchanted Rock]]
| [[Texas]]
| 665
|
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 6 August 2014<ref name="texashighways.com"/>
|-
|United States
|[https://ubaru.org/home UBarU Camp & Retreat Center]
|Texas
|57.5
|2–3
|Dark Sky Park
|Designated in 2015; only DSP in the USA on private land; open to the public
|-
| United States
| [[Canyonlands National Park]]
| [[Utah (U.S. state)|Utah]]
| 1365&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 2015
|-
| United States
| [[Capitol Reef National Park]]
| [[Utah (U.S. state)|Utah]]
| 980&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
| 
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated 2015
|-
| United States
| [[Natural Bridges National Monument]]
| [[Utah]]
| 3090
| 2
| Dark Sky Park
| Designated in 2007; first international dark-sky park
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| United States
| [[Goldendale Observatory State Park|Goldendale Observatory]]
| [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]]
| 2
|
|
| Designated 29 June 2010<ref name="darksky.org"/>
|-
| United States
| [[Newport State Park]]
| [[Wisconsin]]
| 960
|
|
| Designated in 2017<ref>Lee Bergquist. "[http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2017/06/07/newport-state-park-designated-dark-sky-park/375936001 Newport State Park designated as Wisconsin's first 'dark sky' park/]". ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', 7 June 2017.</ref><ref>International Dark Sky Association. [http://www.darksky.org/idsp/parks/newport/ Newport State Park (U.S.)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929004444/http://darksky.org/idsp/parks/newport/ |date=2018-09-29 }}.</ref>
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==References==
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