Michigan is filled with beautiful, celestial skyscapes. Six state parks are home to protected Dark Sky Preserves . Additionally, Michigan is home to Headlands International Dark Sky Park , Keweenaw Dark Sky Park and Dr. T.K.

The Alpena area is home to three state-designated Dark Sky Preserves - Rockport State Recreation Area, Thompson's Harbor State Park and Negwegon State Park. Light pollution in these three are among the lowest measured in the Great Lakes, meaning stellar viewing of stars, meteors, planets, moons and the aurora borealis.

Jessica Care Moore Detroit's Jessica Care Moore is the new voice of the popular Pure Michigan tourism campaign.

poet Jessica Care Moore Detroit poet Jessica Care Moore is the new voice, and her original writing is the script describing the most beautiful places across the state.

Read more about this scheme on the BBC website. Hawnby Dark Sky Friendly Village is a Go Stargazing Site. The location has been identified by the Go Stargazing team as a good location for stargazing based on local light pollution levels, distance from nearby towns and cities and offers a safe place to park.

six dark Michigan offers six dark sky preserves and three internationally designated Dark Sky Parks.

Best Places to See Stars in the United States

• Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
• Bryce Canyon, Utah.
• Denali National Park, Alaska.
• Boundary Waters, Minnesota.
• Susquehannock State Forest, Pennsylvania.
• Palm Springs, California.
• Baxter State Park and Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument, Maine.

Find the right spot Moonless nights also work better for seeing the stars, although gazing at a full Moon can be an enjoyable experience in itself. When you live in a city, the trick is to find the biggest bit of sky you can, or get up as high as you can above the rooftops.

Pure Michigan is as an advertising campaign by the state of Michigan to market the state of Michigan as a travel and tourism destination. It was launched in 2008 featuring the voice of actor and comedian Tim Allen, using the title song from The Cider House Rules as the background music in television commercials.

Before Pure Michigan, the state's tourism campaign centered on the slogan “Great Lakes, Great Times,” adopted in the late 1990s under then-Gov. John Engler.

Dark night skies are essential to the rhythms of life on Earth. Living things evolved with cycles of light and dark, stemming from our planet's rotation around its axis as it revolves around the sun. For billions of years, dark night skies pervaded–until recently.

Indoor guided astronomy experience at Dark Sky Project Base. An indoor, daytime all-weather astronomy experience. The Dark Sky Experience combines Māori astronomy, storytelling and science with fascinating multimedia installations.