Named a dark sky park in spring 2019, Great Sand Dunes—with its color-changing hills and bountiful stars—attracts nighttime crowds. Don’t follow them. Instead, go to the north access point ...

They do, they just can’t see them because of all the light pollution. But they can come out to a dark sky park and see all the wonderful stars and see the beauty that our heavens have to offer.” ...

He measured the brightness of the night sky in three public recreational areas — Wildcat Mountain State Park, the Kickapoo Valley Reserve and Tunnelville Cliffs State Natural Area — and was ...