Dark Sky Camping

[AlwaysDreaming]

22' Class C, Home Port: Florida
I am looking for a campsite in a Dark Sky region in the U.S. We want to see the constellations in a dark sky. I assume we will have to dry camp for a couple of nights which is no problem, maybe a BLM site. We will need to get the 22' Class C to the site, but it is pretty nimble.
Any recommendations?

[Dave_in_TN]

The Big South Fork recreation area in TN/KY might fit the bill. We camped there at Bandy Creek campground, which has hookups.

[BarabooBob]

I love Craters of the Moon National Monument for its "dark sky." Every year they have a rather large assembly of professional and amature astronomers set up an assortment of telescopes for visitors to view. My kids stayed up until 3:00 am going from telescope to telescope looking at stars that they would never have seen anywhere else. 20 years later they still talk about it.

[gkainz]

clicked on one of the links that listed 10 dark sky camping sites ... I noticed not 1 listed in Wyoming.

Is that because 99.9% of Wyoming is dark sky? 🙂

[GordonThree]

There's a DarkSky™ park a few hours from me, I don't know how it got on that list, probably bribes?

Reason I think that, is there's a H U G E suspension bridge visible from the park that's lit up like an airport runway all night long, casting terrible light pollution into the sky and surroundings.

So, my advice - don't worry about finding a DarkSky™ listed park. Use a map and find a remote site that's also close to things you would like to do during the day time.

Big things to consider, where is the closest mega city, and the closest mega airport?

Mega cities will destroy the horizon, I don't think a truly dark horizon exists anywhere in the lower 48 anymore. The more mega, the higher up from the horizon they destroy.

Mega airports, why? When you're camping in a very remote location it is so quiet that you actually hear the noise from the jets even though they're a long ways away. It sounds quite loud surprisingly, since your brain has no reference to scale the volume.

[BB_TX]

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