# Spruce Woods Provincial Park

Manitoba's first Dark-Sky Preserve, home to the Spirit Sands dune field; most park lighting is motion-sensor controlled and shut off overnight.

**Type:** dark-sky-preserve

**Location:** MB, CA

**Nearest town:** Glenboro

**Certified:** 2022

Manitoba's first Dark-Sky Preserve, home to the Spirit Sands dune field; most park lighting is motion-sensor controlled and shut off overnight.

[Official site](https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/parks/recreation-and-activities/nightskies/index.html)

[Source](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/dark-sky-preserve-spruce-woods-provincial-park-manitoba-1.6567790)

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