Statewide law

Michigan

Last checked 2026-09-23

Michigan law lets the DNR designate state parks and recreation areas as dark sky preserves and impose outdoor lighting restrictions inside them to protect stargazing; a 2016 amendment added three more preserves. The statute is limited to DNR-managed land and, notably, bars new dark sky preserve designations in the Upper Peninsula, a restriction advocates have pushed to repeal.

StatuteCitationYear
Dark Sky PreserveMich. Comp. Laws ยงยง 324.75101 to 324.75106 (Part 751, NREPA)2015