
Stargazing Guides
The night sky is our great heritage in humanity. For millennia we’ve marked time and preserved the stories of our ancestors through the wheeling stars, planets, and other astronomical objects we’ve learned to recognize and understand.
Welcome to the Ultimate Astrotourism Guide to Stargazing Around the World
Part of my mission here at STG is to help people find wonder among the stars. To that end, I’ve published stargazing guides for cities, states, national parks, and more. We’ve also got resources on seeing the Milky Way and astrophotography, too.
City Stargazing Guides
Just because you’re in a city doesn’t mean you can’t see the stars! Armed with our Urban Stargazing guide
and the list of places near your nearest city (scroll to see them all), you can enjoy the night sky in your area.
Albuquerque
Anchorage
Atlanta
Austin
Birmingham
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dallas-Fort Worth
Denver
Des Moines
Flagstaff
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Moab
New Orleans
New York City
Orlando
Palm Springs
Perth
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland (OR)
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Sedona
St. Louis
Tampa
Tucson
Washington, D.C.
Edinburgh (Scotland)
London (England)
Toronto (Canada)
Vancouver (Canada)
State Stargazing Guides
All states have epic stargazing destinations; here are some of the ones published so far; I’ll finish all 50 states soon!
Stargazing in National Parks
Our National Parks are a treasured resource, both for their natural beauty, and for the dark skies overhead they protect. Here are guides to stargazing in some of our nation’s best national parks.