How to Plan a Canyonlands Stargazing Trip in 2022
Canyonlands National Park is the largest park of Utah's Mighty Five. This 330,000-acre national park is well-known for its canyons, spires, and buttes. The park offers plenty of epic scenery to enjoy during the day and amazingly dark sky at night...
How to Plan a Shenandoah Stargazing Trip in 2022
Shenandoah National Park is a mountainous national park in Virginia which protects a long narrow section of the Blue Ridge Mountain range. The park is famed for its mountain vistas and waterfalls. Visitors come to this park to explore the 105-mile Skyline Drive which runs from the north end of the park to the south end of the park. There are great hiking trails and other outdoor experiences that can be hard to find on the populous Eastern Seaboard of the U.S...
How to Plan a Grand Canyon Stargazing Trip in 2022
The Grand Canyon is one of the world’s most famous natural formations. This 277-mile-long and up to 18-mile wide canyon is considered to be the 8th Wonder of the World. Every year, millions of visitors come from around the world to view this geological marvel. These travelers have the chance to hike along the canyon rims, raft the mighty Colorado River, and view the epic Grand Canyon sunrises and sunsets...
How to Plan an Acadia National Park Stargazing Trip in 2022
The wind whips up over the mountaintop. It's the kind of night where you can't help but shiver – except there are so many stars overhead that it's distractingly beautiful. This is what it's like stargazing in Acadia National Park. Acadia National Park is one of the best spots for stargazing in New England, one of the biggest dark sky locations in the Eastern Seaboard, and...
How to Plan a Zion National Park Stargazing Trip in 2022
Did you know Zion Park is the fourth most popular national park in the United States? (Or that it's one of the best national parks for stargazing?) People are drawn to visit for the beautiful natural rock formations, the great hiking trails, and the chance to see a night sky that's almost entirely free of light pollution. Yes, it's true: one of the best reasons to visit Zion National Park is stargazing...
How to Plan a Joshua Tree Stargazing Trip in 2022
If you love stargazing, there are a few great places in the world that are surely on your must-travel-someday list. The Grand Canyon is surely on that list, as well as every Dark Sky Reserve. If you're in the U.S., you probably have Joshua Tree on your list too. This National Park is known for its amazing vegetation, stunning rock formations, and pristine dark skies...
How to Plan a Capitol Reef Stargazing Trip
When it comes to stargazing, there are few places quite like Utah. As one of the U.S. states with the most designated dark sky places, Utah is a haven for stargazers – and for those who love exploring our National Parks system. Most travelers know Utah's famous parks, like Arches, Canyonlands, and Zion – but there's another, lesser-visited park that's actually just as good (if not better) than those parks when it comes to stargazing. Say hello to Capitol Reef National Park...
How to Plan a Jasper National Park Stargazing Trip
At 4,335 square miles, Jasper National Park is the second-largest Canadian Dark Sky Preserve in the world, and the largest easily accessible one. The largest one, Wood Buffalo, is also in the province of Alberta, but far more difficult to reach. Jasper is a stargazer’s paradise, and even from the town of Jasper, you can take in star-filled skies and northern lights...
How to Plan a Great Basin National Park Stargazing Trip
Some states have all the luck – they have several national parks and pristine night skies above. A few that come to mind are Utah, Arizona, and Colorado. But don't overlook Nevada, the neighbor to the west! Nevada is home to just one national park, Great Basin, and it too is an epic stargazing location...
How to Plan a Haleakalā Stargazing Trip
Hawaii may not have many national parks, but the ones it does have are stunning. On the Big Island, there's Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, one of the most reliably active places to experience volcanic activity and see the scars and changes it leaves behind. Then there's the only other national park in Hawaii, Haleakalā, on the island of Maui....
