# Canyonlands National Park

Region: Southern UT, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 38.3269, -109.8783
Bortle class: 2 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: Island in the Sky district is about 40 minutes north-west of Moab, Utah, off Highway 191 and Highway 313.
Best time: Spring and fall nights are cool and clear; summer days are brutally hot but nights are pleasant. Aim for a few nights either side of new moon.

## Overview
Canyonlands is Utah's biggest, emptiest national park — a maze of canyons carved by the Green and Colorado rivers with almost no artificial light for a hundred miles. The Island in the Sky mesa puts you on a plateau with a horizon that drops away in every direction.

## What to see
Full summer Milky Way over the Needles and Green River overlooks, with excellent views of the winter constellations from the open mesa top.

## Highlights
- International Dark Sky Park with some of the least light-polluted skies in the contiguous US
- Grand View Point and Mesa Arch offer wide, unobstructed horizons
- Ranger-led night sky programs run seasonally

## Tips
- No services after dark inside the park — fuel up and bring water from Moab
- Roads have no lighting and steep drop-offs; drive slowly at night
- Check the park's stargazing page for moon phase tables before you go

## Live forecast
View the live tonight-score and 48-hour forecast for Canyonlands at:
https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=canyonlands-np

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/canyonlands-np.json

Source: NPS – Canyonlands Stargazing — https://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/stargazing.htm

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