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Colorado stargazing
Best dark-sky places in Colorado
Colorado dark-sky planning is about elevation, communities that protect lighting, and reachable public land. This collection keeps those options in one indexable route.
Certified communities and mapped public observing places stay visible.
Darkness-rated rows rank before unrated rows.
Places to compare
Colorado communities, public lands, and high-country dark-sky places for mountain stargazing plans.
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Dark-Sky ParkCatalog
Weminuche Wilderness
CO, US
Bortle 13 nearby stays
Dark-Sky ParkCatalog
Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Reserve
UT, US
Bortle 23 nearby stays
Dark-Sky ParkCatalog
Dead Horse Point State Park
UT, US
Bortle 23 nearby stays
Dark-Sky ParkCatalog
Mesa Verde National Park
CO, US
Bortle 23 nearby stays
Dark-Sky ParkCatalog
Staunton State Park
CO, US
Bortle 43 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Crestone, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Norwood, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Nucla and Naturita, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Old Snowmass, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Ridgway, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Town of Breckenridge, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Town of Paonia, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays
Dark-Sky CommunityOfficial
Westcliffe and Silver Cliff, Colorado
U.S.A.
Darkness unrated3 nearby stays