Dark-sky preserve
Dark sky preserves, reserves and parks

Dark-sky preserve

Section Title: Dark sky preserves, reserves and parks
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Country	Name	Location	Area (in ha)	Bortle scale	Status	Notes

Australia	Warrumbungle National Park	New South Wales	23,312	Dark Sky Park	Designated on Jul. 4, 2016

Canada	Beaver Hills	Alberta	29,300	4.5	Designated on Sep. 3, 2006

Canada	Jasper National Park	Alberta	1,122,800	1–2	Designated on Mar. 11, 2011

Canada	Wood Buffalo National Park	Alberta/NWT	4,480,700	1–2	UNESCO World Heritage	Designated on June 28, 2013

Canada	Cattle Point	Oak Bay, British Columbia	5	Urban Star Park	Designated March 29, 2013

Canada	McDonald Park	British Columbia	5	2–3	Designated in 2003

Canada	Fundy National Park	New Brunswick	20,700	2	Designated on Oct. 31, 2011

Canada	Irving Nature Park Urban Star Park	Saint John, New Brunswick	243	?	Urban Star Park	Designated on Jul. 1, 2011; First RASC-designated Urban Star Park

Canada	Kouchibouguac National Park	New Brunswick	23,920	2	Designated on Jun. 6, 2009

Canada	Mount Carleton Provincial Park	New Brunswick	17,427	2	Designated on Jul. 18, 2009

Canada	Kejimkujik National Park	Nova Scotia	40,400	2	Designated on Aug. 7, 2010

Canada	Bluewater Outdoor Education Centre	Ontario	129	2	Designated on Nov. 3, 2012 by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Canada	Bruce Peninsula Fathom Five National Marine Park	Ontario	16,700	2–3	Designated on Mar. 29, 2009

Canada	Gordon's Park	Ontario	43.7	2–3	Designated on Aug. 15, 2009; designation is only for the Park though Manitoulin Island (276,611 ha) follows dark-sky practices

Canada	North Frontenac Township	Ontario	116,000	1–2	Designated on June 28, 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

Canada	Cypress Hills	Saskatchewan/Alberta	39,600	2	Designated on Sep. 28, 2004

Canada	Grasslands National Park	Saskatchewan	92,100	1–2	Designated on Oct. 2, 2009

Czech Republic, Slovakia	Beskydy Dark-Sky Park	Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic Čadca District, Slovakia	30,800	3–4	Designated on Mar. 4, 2013; The second world's bilateral dark-sky park

Czech Republic	Manětín Dark-Sky Park	Plzeň Region	34,600	3–5	Designated on Sep. 15, 2014

Germany	Westhavelland Nature Park	Brandenburg	Designated an IDA International Dark Sky Reserve on Feb. 12, 2014

France	Pic du Midi de Bigorre	Hautes-Pyrénées	311,200	2–4	International Dark Sky Reserve	Designated an IDA International Dark Sky Reserve in December 2013; First IDA International Dark Sky Reserve in France (still now) and in Europe.

Hungary	Hortobágy Starry Sky Park	10,000	?	Designated on Jan. 31, 2011; IDA's third international dark-sky park (Silver tier)

Hungary	Zselic National Landscape Protection Area	9,042	3–4	Designated on Nov. 16, 2009

Ireland	Kerry International Dark-Sky Reserve	Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry	70,000	1–3	Reserve	Designated an IDA International Dark Sky Reserve on Jan. 27, 2014

Israel	Ramon Crater (Makhtesh Ramon)	113.2	2–3	Dark Sky Park	Designated September 14, 2017

Korea	Yeongyang Firefly Eco Park	North Gyeongsang Province, Yeongyang County, Subimyeon	390	Designated on Nov. 1, 2015

Namibia	NamibRand Nature Reserve	Reserve	Designated ???

New Zealand	Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park	Tekapo	430,000	2	Reserve	Designated on 9 June 2012

Poland	Bieszczady Starry-Sky Park	Subcarpathia	113,846.5	2–3	Designated on Mar. 8, 2013

Poland, Czech Republic	Izera Dark-Sky Park	Lower Silesia, Poland Liberec Region, Czech Republic	7,500	3–4	Designated on Nov. 4, 2009; the first European dark-sky park and the first world's bilateral dark-sky park

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 Sep. 9, 2016; first world's trilateral dark-sky park

Slovakia	Poloniny Dark-Sky Park	Poloniny National Park	48,519	2–3	Designated on Dec. 3, 2010

Slovakia	Veľká Fatra Dark-Sky Park	Veľká Fatra National Park (part of)	325	3–4	Designated on Jun. 12, 2015

Ukraine	Transcarpathian Dark-Sky Park	Uzhansky National Nature Park	46,302	2	Designated on Jun. 10, 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 Nov. 16, 2009

United Kingdom	Sark	British Crown Dependency of Guernsey	545	3	Designated on Jan. 31, 2011; IDA's first international dark-sky island (Silver tier)

United Kingdom	Isle of Coll	Inner Hebrides, Scotland	Designated on Dec. 9, 2013

United Kingdom	Northumberland National Park	Northumberland, England	103,000	Dark Sky Park	Designated on Dec. 9, 2013

United Kingdom	Brecon Beacons	Wales	Reserve	Designated 19 February 2013

United States	Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument	Arizona	4,242 km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated 2014

United States	Death Valley National Park	California	13,743 km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated 2013

United States	Joshua Tree National Park	California	3,199.59 km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated July 26, 2017

United States	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Colorado	124.4 km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated 2015

United States	Hovenweep National Monument	Colorado, Utah	3.1 km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated 2014

United States	Big Cypress National Preserve	Florida	2,916 km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated 2017

United States	Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park	Florida	?? km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated 2016

United States	Stephen C. Foster State Park	Georgia	32	Dark Sky Park	Designated November 2016

United States	Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve	Idaho	Dark Sky Reserve	Designated December 2017

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

United States	Negwegon State Park	Michigan	1,513	Dark Sky Preserve	Designated in 2016

United States	Port Crescent State Park	Michigan	2.4 km2	Dark Sky Preserve	Designated in 2012

United States	Rockport State Recreation Area	Michigan	17.15 km2	Dark Sky Preserve	Designated in 2016

United States	Thompson's Harbor State Park	Michigan	20.68 km2	Dark Sky Preserve	Designated in 2016

United States	Wilderness State Park	Michigan	4,254	Dark Sky Preserve	Designated in 2012

United States	The Headlands	Michigan	220	3–5	Dark Sky Park	Designated in 2011

United States	Chaco Culture National Historical Park	New Mexico	13759 km2	2–3	Dark Sky Park	Designated on Aug. 28, 2013

United States	Clayton Lake	New Mexico	69	Designated June 29, 2010

United States	Observatory Park	Ohio	418.5	?	Designated on Aug. 20, 2011

United States	Cherry Springs State Park	Pennsylvania	20	2	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 June 11, 2007.

United States	Big Bend National Park	Texas	324,219 ac	Dark Sky Park	Designated February 11, 2012

United States	Copper Breaks State Park	Texas	770	Dark Sky Park	Designated Aug. 6, 2014

United States	Dripping Springs	Texas	Dark-sky Community	Designated February 11, 2014

United States	Enchanted Rock	Texas	665	Dark Sky Park	Designated Aug. 6, 2014

United States	Canyonlands National Park	Utah	1365 km2	Dark Sky Park	Designated 2015

United States	Capitol Reef National Park	Utah	980 km2	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

United States	Goldendale Observatory	Washington	2	Designated June 29, 2010

United States	Newport State Park	Wisconsin	960	Designated in 2017

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The Mont Mégantic Observatory in Quebec was recognized (in 2007) as International Dark Sky Reserve.

final_sentence: The Mont Mégantic Observatory in Quebec was recognized (in 2007) as International Dark Sky Reserve.