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- Best use
- Milky Way, meteor showers, and deep-sky viewing
- Planning signal
- Dark-window target
- Route context
- 3 Stella stays within 350 km
Certified dark-sky park
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
ID, United States · Pristine sky skies
About this place
- Overview
- Largest contiguous wilderness in the lower 48; Bortle 1 skies
- Horizon
- Deep river canyons limit views; ridgetops offer wide panoramas
- Region
- ID, United States
- Nearest city
- ~160 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Wilderness Area
- Sky quality
- Bortle 1 · Pristine sky
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