Best National Parks for Stargazing

98 parks offer stargazing

Showing 81–98 of 98 parks with stargazing

Boulders in the Balconies Cave.

Pinnacles National Park

National Park · CA

A glittering sky of stars glows above a historic covered wagon.

Pipe Spring National Monument

National Monument · AZ

Rocky Mountain National Park Sign on a sunny day with clear sky overhead

Rocky Mountain National Park

National Park · CO

Saguaro flowers

Saguaro National Park

National Park · AZ

Looking toward Aspet from the Pan Garden

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

National Historical Park · NH

Pink flowers and green foliage frame the roofless remains of a stone mission.

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

National Monument · NM

A deep canyon with a forested floor and steep granite cliffs

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

National Parks · CA

A man stands on a rocky outcrop overlooking the receding mountains.

Shenandoah National Park

National Park · VA

Sand and pebbles in foreground with turquoise water in background

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

National Lakeshore · MI

a cinder cone volcano and ponderosa pine trees

Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

National Monument · AZ

fall wildflowers at the preserve

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

National Preserve · KS

A colorfully striped butte in the foreground overlooks a dark green badlands landscape

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

National Park · ND

Tule Springs during winter

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

National Monument · NV

Scattered clouds over landscape view of winding river and brown grasslands

Valles Caldera National Preserve

National Preserve · NM

Turquoise water laps white sandy shore fringed with lush green vegetation.

Virgin Islands National Park

National Park · VI

Northern Lights over Voyageurs National Park waters

Voyageurs National Park

National Park · MN

A snowy day on top of Shasta Bally

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

National Recreation Area · CA

A triangular sandstone mountain overlooks green and yellow foliage. A cloudy blue sky is overhead.

Zion National Park

National Park · UT

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