About this place
- Overview
- Northern Michigan park with unobstructed views over Lake Michigan
- Horizon
- Open lake horizon to the north and west; unobstructed
- Region
- MI, US
- Nearest city
- ~40 km of light pollution
Certified dark-sky park
Headlands International Dark Sky Park
MI, US · Rural sky skies
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- IDA Dark Sky Park
- Sky quality
- Bortle 3 · Rural sky
Official links
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