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Colorado’s darkest skies and where to camp under them

Colorado Springs Gazette·Seth Boster [email protected]·24 days ago
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For many Coloradans, the brightest memories are of camping trips under the darkest skies. That’s how DarkSky International knows those skies ー indeed dark and unblemished by light pollution, allowing the stars to twinkle in our minds long after the sun rises.  As summer approaches and we make camping plans, here’s a guide to the parks in the state deemed worthy of International Dark Sky certification:  Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park The Dark Sky designation is shared with Curecanti National Recreation Area sprawling beyond the epic, vertical canyon of western Colorado. The camping options are as vast and varied as the landscape of more geologic wonder, reservoirs, forests and shrublands. At Black Canyon, there’s the upper North Rim Campground and the lower, quaint East Portal Campground. Several campgrounds are situated off U.S.…

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