# Wupatki National Monument

Region: Northern AZ, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates: 35.5522, -111.3894
Bortle class: 3 (1 = pristine, 9 = inner city)
Drive from Toronto: Fly into Phoenix, then drive about 3 hours north to Flagstaff, then continue on the Sunset Crater–Wupatki Loop Road.
Best time: New-moon nights; check for scheduled seasonal night-sky programs run jointly with Sunset Crater.
Established: International Dark Sky Park since 2016 (Flagstaff Area National Monuments).

## Overview
Wupatki shares its International Dark Sky Park designation with neighboring Sunset Crater and Walnut Canyon — three Flagstaff-area monuments protecting the same stretch of high desert sky above the ancestral Puebloan pueblos here.

## What to see
Dark high-desert skies over the Wupatki pueblo ruins, with the glow of Flagstaff a faint presence on one horizon.

## Highlights
- Shares the Flagstaff Area National Monuments' International Dark Sky Park designation
- Open high-desert terrain around the pueblo sites gives a wide horizon
- Pairs naturally with a Sunset Crater visit on the same loop road

## Tips
- The monument closes to vehicle traffic at a set evening hour — check current gate times before planning a night visit
- Cell coverage is unreliable; download directions in advance

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

Structured data: https://ontarionightsky.com/sites/wupatki-nm.json

Source: DarkSky International — Flagstaff Area National Monuments — https://darksky.org/news/flagstaff-area-national-monuments-named-international-dark-sky-park/

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