[wku man]

There are plenty of places, right here in the good ol' USA, where there are "dark skies". Most of my beloved, adopted home state of Idaho is very dark at night, with more visible stars than anyone who's never been here would believe. Same goes for Northern Arizona/Southern Utah. Hell, you can even go find a nice, big cornfield in Central Illinois and see what seems like billions of stars. Those are just examples I know of firsthand.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[dr_lew]

I read an article about Cherry Springs State Park in north central Pennsylvania a few years ago, but I've never visited there yet, as I hope someday to do.

[Kirkwood]

Central Illinois?
No.

[flaglady47]

“There are plenty of places, right here in the good ol’ USA, where there are “dark skies”.”

When much younger and in my “mountain woman” phase of life, I moved for a year up into the foothills above Boulder, CO. It was a small town (emphasis on word small) called Ward. I lived in a pretty log cabin w/my two dogs right on Boulder Creek. You had to walk across a wooden footbridge to get to my cabin. It was a wonderful place to live, and incredibly beautiful. At night when you went outside, the stars were like low hanging fruit. They were multitudinous, and so bright they sparkled like Swarovski crystals. If you reached your hands up you could almost touch them. There were a few times when the sky seemed to hang so low that it was almost oppressive, and I’d start to feel slightly claustrophobic.

I have always loved stargazing, and will fondly remember my year up there in the mountains for the magnificent light shows I was privileged to see. I wish everyone could have the same experience at least once in life.