# Grand Canyon National Park

National Park Service (NPS) efforts to make visitors aware that “half the park is after dark”, an authentic and meaningful dark-skies experience is available to over 6 million visitors annually.

**Type:** park

**Location:** AZ, US

**Nearest town:** Grand Canyon

**Certified:** 2016

National Park Service (NPS) efforts to make visitors aware that “half the park is after dark”, an authentic and meaningful dark-skies experience is available to over 6 million visitors annually.

[Official site](https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm)

[Source](https://darksky.org/places/grand-canyon-national-park-dark-sky-park/)

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