About this place
- Overview
- Rocky Mountain NPS west side; quieter, darker
- Horizon
- Mountain valley; peaks to east, open west
- Region
- CO, US
- Nearest city
- ~45 km of light pollution
Certified dark-sky park
Timber Creek Campground
CO, US · Rural sky skies
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Campground
- Sky quality
- Bortle 3 · Rural sky
Official links
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