After looking at all 50 US States State Parks, we are able to create this in depth table with information about the darkest of dark sky sites in each state. This summary will be a great guide and starting point to look at for finding a dark sky site near you.

This will start with a table showing every states Bortle 1, 2, and 3 State Parks before moving into discussing statistics of these dark sky state parks.

State	Level 1 Bortle Parks	Level 2 Bortle Parks	Level 3 Bortle Parks	Level 4 Bortle Parks
Alabama	0	0	5	4
Alaska	16	8	13	20
Arizona	0	1	9	12
Arkansas	0	2	14	7
California	3	32	23	22
Colorado	1	11	13	5
Connecticut	0	0	0	10
Delaware	0	0	0	11
Florida	0	5	14	29
Georgia	0	1	6	16
Hawaii	1	14	10	8
Idaho	0	7	13	3
Illinois	0	0	6	26
Indiana	0	0	0	3
Iowa	0	0	13	18
Kansas	0	11	6	4
Kentucky	0	0	1	17
Louisiana	0	0	7	10
Maine	0	8	9	6
Maryland	0	0	2	17
Massachusetts	0	0	3	16
Michigan	1	16	13	14
Minnesota	1	13	16	22
Mississippi	0	0	4	5
Missouri	0	4	20	17
Montana	2	7	18	8
Nebraska	0	1	3	1
Nevada	3	4	8	6
New Hampshire	1	8	16	14
New Jersey	0	0	0	0
New Mexico	2	6	14	6
New York	0	0	17	36
North Carolina	0	0	2	7
North Dakota	0	1	4	4
Ohio	0	0	3	9
Oklahoma	1	5	9	22
Oregon	7	27	50	32
Pennsylvania	0	14	17	20
Rhode Island	0	0	0	6
South Carolina	0	0	3	15
South Dakota	0	13	19	10
Tennessee	0	0	4	9
Texas	0	14	10	19
Utah	4	6	9	7
Vermont	0	8	25	7
Virginia	0	0	4	14
Washington	0	9	24	45
West Virginia	0	8	11	11
Wisconsin	0	3	6	15
Wyoming	0	3	7	1

Here are some very interesting statistics

Statistic	How Many States
States With At Least 1 Bortle 1 Site	14
States With At Least 1 Bortle 2 Site	30
States With At Least 1 Bortle 3 Site	45
States Without At Least 1 Bortle 1, 2, or 3 Site	5

Below is a map of Bortle 1 sites for every state park.

Have you been to any of these state parks? Let us know about your experiences! To learn more about these state parks, check out our articles on each state parks map and packets on dark sky sites for each state!