# Torrance Barrens Conservation Reserve

Canada's first RASC Dark-Sky Preserve, a Crown-land reserve near Bala in Muskoka reachable via a short walk from a roadside parking area.

**Type:** dark-sky-preserve

**Location:** ON, CA

**Nearest town:** Gravenhurst

**Certified:** 1999

Canada's first RASC Dark-Sky Preserve, a Crown-land reserve near Bala in Muskoka reachable via a short walk from a roadside parking area.

[Source](https://rasc.ca/lpa/dark-sky-sites)

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