dark-sky preserve
dark-sky preserves, reserves and parks
Table:
Country

Name

Location

Area (in ha)

Bortle Scale

Status

Notes

Canada

Wood Buffalo National Park[4]

Alberta/NWT

4,480,700

1-2

UNESCO World Heritage

Designated on June 28, 2013[5]

Canada

North Frontenac Township

Ontario

116,000

1-2

Designated on June 28, 2013

Canada

Jasper National Park

Alberta

1,122,800

1-2

Designated on Mar. 11, 2011[6]

Canada

Cypress Hills

Saskatchewan/Alberta

39,600

2

Designated on Sep. 28, 2004[7]

Canada

Beaver Hills

Alberta

29,300

4.5

Designated on Sep. 3, 2006

Hungary

Zselic Landscape Protection Area

9,042

3–4

Designated on Nov. 16, 2009

Canada

Mont Mégantic Observatory

Quebec

527,500

2–3

Reserve

Designated Sept. 2007; first IDA International Dark-Sky Reserve[8]

Canada

Réserve faunique La Vérendrye

Quebec

13,615 km2

1

[9]

Canada

McDonald Creek Provincial Park

British Columbia

2,225

2–3

Designated in 2003

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[10]

Canada

Bruce Peninsula Fathom Five National Marine Park

Ontario

16,700

2–3

Designated on Mar. 29, 2009

Canada

Point Pelee National Park

Ontario

2,000

3–4

Designated in 2006

Canada

Torrance Barrens

Ontario

1990

3

Designated in 1999; first Canadian Dark-Sky Preserve

Canada

Grasslands National Park

Saskatchewan

92,100

1–2

Designated on Oct. 2, 2009[11]

Canada

Kouchibouguac National Park

New Brunswick

23,920

2

Designated on Jun. 6, 2009[12]

Canada

Mount Carleton Provincial Park

New Brunswick

17,427

2

Designated on Jul. 18, 2009[13]

Canada

Kejimkujik National Park

Nova Scotia

40,400

2

Designated on Aug. 7, 2010[14]

USA

Lake Hudson State Recreation Area

Michigan

890

3

Designated in 1993[15]

USA

Natural Bridges National Monument

Utah

251

2

Designated in 2007; first International Dark-Sky Park

USA

Potawatomi Wildlife Park

Indiana

116

4.5

Designated in 2003

USA

Cherry Springs State Park

Pennsylvania

20

2[16]

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.

USA

Observatory Park

(Geauga Park District)

Ohio

418.5

?

Designated on Aug. 20, 2011[17]

Scotland

Galloway Forest Park

Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

75,000

3

Designated on Nov. 16, 2009[18]

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[19]

Slovakia

Poloniny Dark-Sky Park

Poloniny National Park

48,519

2-3

Designated on Dec. 3, 2010[20]

Hungary

Hortobagy Starry Sky Park

10,000

?

Designated on Jan. 31, 2011; IDA's third international dark-sky park (Silver tier)[21]

UK

Sark

British Crown Dependency of Guernsey

545

3

Designated on Jan. 31, 2011; IDA's first international dark-sky island (Silver tier)[21][22]

Canada

Irving Nature Park Urban Star Park

Saint John, New Brunswick

243

?

Designated on Jul. 1, 2011; First RASC-designated Urban Star Park

UK

Exmoor National Park

Devon & Somerset

Reserve

Designated 10 October 2011

Canada

Fundy National Park

New Brunswick

20,700

2

Designated on Oct. 31, 2011[23]

New Zealand

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

Tekapo

430,000

2[24]

Reserve

Designated on 9 June 2012[25][26]

Canada

Bluewater Outdoor Education Centre

Ontario

129

2

Designated on Nov. 3, 2012 by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Namibia

NamibRand Nature Reserve

Reserve

Designated ???

UK

Brecon Beacons

Wales

Reserve

Designated 19 February 2013

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[27]

Poland

Bieszczady Starry-Sky Park

Subcarpathia

113,846.5

2-3

Designated on Mar. 8, 2013[28]

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