About this place
- Overview
- Extremely remote monument with pristine Bortle 1 skies
- Horizon
- Wide-open plateau with unobstructed 360° views
- Region
- AZ, US
- Nearest city
- ~150 km of light pollution
Certified dark-sky park
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
AZ, US · Pristine sky skies
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- IDA Dark Sky Park
- Sky quality
- Bortle 1 · Pristine sky
Official links
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