# Flagstaff, Arizona

The city, home to Lowell Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, enacted the world's first outdoor lighting ordinance in 1958.

**Type:** community

**Location:** AZ, US

**Certified:** 2001

The city, home to Lowell Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, enacted the world's first outdoor lighting ordinance in 1958.

[Official site](http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/)

[Source](https://darksky.org/places/flagstaff-arizona-dark-sky-community/)

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