Nocturnal Preserve
Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area
AB
A private conservation ranch on Calgary's southwest edge that protects nocturnal wildlife habitat alongside dark skies.
Dark Sky Places in AB
Dark Sky Preserve
Beaver Hills Dark-Sky Preserve
AB
Centred on Elk Island National Park about 50 km east of Edmonton, within a UNESCO-recognized biosphere region.
Community
Bon Accord
AB
Canada's first International Dark Sky Community; the whole town retrofitted street and yard lighting to shielded, warm-colored fixtures, about 40 km north of Edmonton.
Dark Sky Preserve
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
AB
Straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan border; its elevated plateau above the surrounding prairie keeps skies exceptionally clear.
Dark Sky Preserve
Jasper National Park
AB
One of the largest Dark-Sky Preserves in the world at designation; hosts the Jasper Dark Sky Festival each October.
Dark Sky Preserve
Lakeland Provincial Park
AB
A boreal-forest canoe-country park east of Lac La Biche in northeastern Alberta.
Park
Waterton Lakes National Park
AB
Certified jointly with Montana's Glacier National Park as the first trans-boundary International Dark Sky Park.
Dark Sky Preserve
Wood Buffalo National Park
AB
The world's largest Dark-Sky Preserve, straddling the Alberta-Northwest Territories border; hosts a Sky Festival each August.