Find Starry Skies

Where to find great starry skies in the south.

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    Our members’ favorite places to observe starry skies are…

    Alabama

    • Cheaha State Park
    • Flagg Mountain, Sylacauga
    • Chilatchee Creek Campground, Alberta
    • Camp McDowell, Nauvoo
    • Pine Apple
    • Moundville Archaeological Park
    • Perry Lakes Park

    Florida

    • Blackwater State Forest
    • Lutz

    Georgia

    • Brasstown Blad
    • Watson Mill Bridge State Park
    • Ocmulee National Park & Preserve
    • Hancock and Warren counties
    • Hard Labor Creek State Park
    • Deerlick Astronomy Village
    • Stephen C. Foster State Park (International Dark Sky Place)
    • Monticello
    • Blue Ridge

    Mississippi

    • French Camp (Mid-South Stargaze and Astronomy Conference - Rainwater Observatory)

    North Carolina

    North Carolina members provided a lengthier document describing and linking to their favorite dark sky viewing locations here.

    • Mountains

      • Brown Mountain Overlook
      • South Mountain State Park
      • Waterrock Knob
      • Bare Dark Sky Observatory (International Dark Sky Place)
      • Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (International Dark Sky Place)
      • DuPont State Recreational Forest Farm field

    • Piedmont

      • Mayo River State Park
      • Stone Mountain State Park
      • Haw River State Park
      • Three College Observatory
      • GHRO Observatory
      • Cline Observatory at Guilford Technical Community College
      • Wildacres Retreat

    • Coast

      • Cape Lookout National Seashore (International Dark Sky Place)
      • Bladen Lakes State Forest near Elizabethtown

    South Carolina

    • John’s Island County Park
    • Hamption Plantation State Historic Site (applied for IDSP status)
    • Table Rock State Park
    • Devil Fork State Park
    • Oconee State Park
    • Cherry Hill National Forest Campground

    Tennessee

    • South Cumberland State Park

    The above image is World Atlas 2015 overlay data sourced from Falchi, Fabio; Cinzano, Pierantonio; Duriscoe, Dan; Kyba, Christopher C. M.; Elvidge, Christopher D.; Baugh, Kimberly; Portnov, Boris; Rybnikova, Nataliya A.; Furgoni, Riccardo (2016): Supplement to: The New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness. V. 1.1. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001