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"name": "Big Park / Village of Oak Creek, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Yavapai County", "lat": 34.77807, "lng": -111.77832, "year_certified": 2016, "official_url": "http://www.vocaonline.com/", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/big-park-village-of-oak-creek-dark-sky-community/", "notes": "Home to slightly over 6,000 people, the Village is something of a ‘bedroom community’ or exurb of neighboring Sedona, a city designated an IDA International Dark Sky Community in 2014." }, { "slug": "bisbee-arizona", "name": "Bisbee, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Bisbee", "lat": 31.44051, "lng": -109.91579, "year_certified": 2024, "official_url": null, "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/bisbee-arizona/", "notes": "Due to its mining origins, the settlement is clustered in a steep canyon near the old mine that once drove the town’s economy." }, { "slug": "camp-verde-dark-sky-park", "name": "Camp Verde, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Camp Verde", "lat": 34.56364, "lng": -111.85432, "year_certified": 2018, "official_url": "https://visitcampverde.com/", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/camp-verde-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "The town is the oldest settlement in the valley, founded in the 1860s by Anglo-American settlers attracted to the area’s mineral resources." }, { "slug": "chiricahua-national-monument-dark-sky-park", "name": "Chiricahua National Monument", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Willcox", "lat": 32.01397, "lng": -109.34754, "year_certified": 2021, "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/chir/index.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/chiricahua-national-monument-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "It preserves an example of the distinctive “sky island” geography of the North American Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts in which isolated mountain ranges soar up to 2,000 meters above surrounding desert lowlands." }, { "slug": "cottonwood-arizona-dark-sky-community", "name": "Cottonwood, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Cottonwood", "lat": 34.74756, "lng": -112.02724, "year_certified": 2019, "official_url": "http://cottonwoodaz.gov", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/cottonwood-arizona-dark-sky-community/", "notes": "It’s located in Yavapai County, between Prescott and Sedona." }, { "slug": "diamond-mountain-retreat-center", "name": "Diamond Mountain Retreat Center", "type": "lodging", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Bowie", "lat": 32.15703, "lng": -109.42372, "year_certified": 2025, "official_url": "https://www.diamondmountain.org", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/diamond-mountain-retreat-center/", "notes": "Located in the remote Chihuahuan high desert, Diamond Mountain Retreat Center offers secluded cottages surrounded by juniper, pine, and manzanita." }, { "slug": "flagstaff-area-national-monuments-dark-sky-park", "name": "Flagstaff Area National Monuments", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Flagstaff", "lat": 35.37115, "lng": -111.51132, "year_certified": 2016, "official_url": "http://www.nps.gov/wupa/learn/management/flag_parks.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/flagstaff-area-national-monuments-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "Together the three sites underscore both the human experience and natural drama of prehistoric northern Arizona." }, { "slug": "flagstaff-arizona-dark-sky-community", "name": "Flagstaff, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": null, "lat": 35.19875, "lng": -111.65182, "year_certified": 2001, "official_url": "http://www.flagstaff.az.gov/", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/flagstaff-arizona-dark-sky-community/", "notes": "The city, home to Lowell Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station, enacted the world's first outdoor lighting ordinance in 1958." }, { "slug": "fountain-hills-arizona-dark-sky-community", "name": "Fountain Hills, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Fountain Hills", "lat": 33.61171, "lng": -111.71736, "year_certified": 2018, "official_url": "http://fhdarksky.com/", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/fountain-hills-arizona-dark-sky-community/", "notes": "The Town derives its name from a fountain in the manmade lake at its center, which pushes 379,000 liters (100,000 gallons) of water to heights of up to 170 meters (560 feet)." }, { "slug": "grand-canyon-national-park-dark-sky-park", "name": "Grand Canyon National Park", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Grand Canyon", "lat": 36.30785, "lng": -112.2929, "year_certified": 2016, "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/grand-canyon-national-park-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "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." }, { "slug": "grand-canyon-parashant-national-monument-dark-sky-park", "name": "Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": null, "lat": 36.31729, "lng": -113.60871, "year_certified": 2014, "official_url": "http://www.nps.gov/para/index.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/grand-canyon-parashant-national-monument-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "The monument is bounded to the south by the Grand Canyon and on the west by the Arizona-Nevada border." }, { "slug": "kartchner-caverns-state-park-dark-sky-park", "name": "Kartchner Caverns State Park", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Benson", "lat": 31.83995, "lng": -110.35047, "year_certified": 2017, "official_url": "https://azstateparks.com/kartchner/", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/kartchner-caverns-state-park-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "The Park preserves a set of ‘living’ limestone caverns whose known passages total 3.9 km (2.4 miles)." }, { "slug": "oracle-state-park-dark-sky-park", "name": "Oracle State Park", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Oracle", "lat": 32.6093, "lng": -110.77225, "year_certified": 2014, "official_url": "https://azstateparks.com/oracle/", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/oracle-state-park-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "The park was established in 2001 after a lengthy effort to transform the former Kannally Family ranch first into a wildlife preserve and then a publicly accessible state park." }, { "slug": "organ-pipe-cactus-national-monument", "name": "Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Ajo", "lat": 32.028, "lng": -112.83462, "year_certified": 2026, "official_url": "http://www.nps.gov/orpi", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/organ-pipe-cactus-national-monument/", "notes": "Park staff began work towards a dark sky designation in 2016, and since then have collected months of night sky quality monitoring data, updated over 100 lights around the visitor center and campground, hosted annual ..." }, { "slug": "petrified-forest-national-park-dark-sky-park", "name": "Petrified Forest National Park", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Petrified Forest", "lat": 34.97448, "lng": -109.70799, "year_certified": 2018, "official_url": "http://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/petrified-forest-national-park-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "The Park preserves a landscape dominated by semi-desert shrub steppe and a series of colorful, highly eroded badlands." }, { "slug": "pipe-spring-national-monument-dark-sky-park", "name": "Pipe Spring National Monument", "type": "park", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Fredonia", "lat": 36.86283, "lng": -112.73986, "year_certified": 2021, "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/pisp/index.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/pipe-spring-national-monument-dark-sky-park/", "notes": "Designated 2021 Category International Dark Sky Park Address 406 Pipe Springs Road Fredonia, AZ 86022 USA Google Maps Contact Ian Harvey Website Tel.: +1 928-643-7105 Land Area 0.16 km2 Documents Application Annual Reports Weather" }, { "slug": "rainbow-bridge-national-monument-dark-sky-sanctuary", "name": "Rainbow Bridge National Monument", "type": "sanctuary", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Page", "lat": 37.07809, "lng": -110.96551, "year_certified": 2018, "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/rabr/index.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/rainbow-bridge-national-monument-dark-sky-sanctuary/", "notes": "Designated 2018 Category Dark Sky Sanctuary Address PO Box 1507 691 Scenic View Dr Page, AZ 86040 USA Google Maps Contact Edmonia Martinez Website Land Area 414 km2 Documents Application Press Release Annual Reports Weather" }, { "slug": "saguaro-national-park", "name": "Saguaro National Park", "type": "urban", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": "Tucson", "lat": 32.25307, "lng": -111.16826, "year_certified": 2023, "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/saguaro-national-park/", "notes": "The park is divided into two discontiguous units: Saguaro National Park East (Rincon Mountain District) and Saguaro National Park West (Tucson Mountain District)." }, { "slug": "sedona-arizona-dark-sky-community", "name": "Sedona, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": null, "lat": 34.86886, "lng": -111.76144, "year_certified": 2014, "official_url": null, "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/sedona-arizona-dark-sky-community/", "notes": "A community of more than 10,000 people, Sedona is a prime tourist destination featuring a variety of outdoor activities." }, { "slug": "kaibab-paiute-indian-reservation-dark-sky-community", "name": "Thunder Mountain Pootsee Nightsky", "type": "community", "country": "US", "state_province": "AZ", "nearest_town": null, "lat": 36.94993, "lng": -112.52534, "year_certified": 2015, "official_url": "http://www.kaibabpaiute-nsn.gov/", "source_url": "https://darksky.org/places/kaibab-paiute-indian-reservation-dark-sky-community/", "notes": "The Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians are one of 10 member bands of the Southern Paiute tribe of Native Americans who live along the southern Great Basin and the San Juan and Colorado River watershed." }, { "slug": "tubac", "name": "Tubac, Arizona", "type": "community", "country": "US", 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