Find truly dark skies. Know before you go.
We are building the Sky Score — a 0–100 rating of the night sky at every stargazing spot, combining satellite-measured darkness, moon phase and cloud climate. So you can pick the right place and the right night.
Satellite-measured darkness
Night-sky brightness derived from NASA Black Marble radiance data — not guesses, not crowd reports.
The right night, not just the right place
Moon phase and monthly clear-sky odds are part of the score, because a full moon washes out even a perfect sky.
Stay close to the dark
Hand-picked places to stay near each spot, rated for the darkness at their own doorstep.
Coming next
The full US Southwest directory — Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas — with a Sky Score for hundreds of stargazing spots, the best month to visit each one, and meteor-shower calendars checked against the moon.