Find Starry Skies
Where to find great starry skies in the south.

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
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 Park Designation
- Monticello
- Blue Ridge
Mississippi
- French Camp (Mid-South Stargaze and Astronomy Conference - Rainwater Observatory)
Florida
- Blackwater State Forest
- Lutz
South Carolina
- John’s Island County Park
- Hamption Plantation State Historic Site
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