# Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

Region: NW AZ, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 36.55, -113.5
Bortle class: 1 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: Fly into Las Vegas, then drive 2–4 hours to the monument's rough access roads (high-clearance/4x4 strongly recommended).
Best time: New moon, dry season — road conditions can make the monument impassable after rain.

## Overview
Parashant is one of the most remote places in the lower 48 — a jointly managed BLM/NPS monument on the Arizona Strip with no paved roads and no services. That remoteness is exactly what gives it some of the darkest skies anywhere in the country.

## What to see
Some of the darkest skies documented in the National Park System, with the Milky Way overhead essentially unobstructed by any light dome.

## Highlights
- Recognized for remarkably dark skies and clean air
- No paved roads or services — true backcountry darkness
- Managed jointly by the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management

## Tips
- This is not a drive-up destination — bring a high-clearance 4x4, extra fuel, water, and a paper map
- There is no cell service and no facilities anywhere in the monument

## Live forecast
View the live tonight-score and 48-hour forecast for Parashant at:
https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=grand-canyon-parashant-nm

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/grand-canyon-parashant-nm.json

Source: National Park Service — Lightscape, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument — https://www.nps.gov/para/learn/nature/lightscape.htm

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