Missouri Dark Sky Destinations - Data
Below are sky quality measurements for various locations in Missouri. The data was extracted from the "World Atlas 2015" located at http://lightpollutionmap.info.
The following information will better help you understand the data columns: (Enjoy this fun map: Missouri Dark Skies Map)
Column | Contents |
Type | State = Missouri State Parks |
SQM | Mag/arc sec2 (the higher the number, the darker the location. IDA has a minimum 21.25 measurement to qualify for designation as a "Dark Sky Park"). Other criteria must be met. |
Bortle | Another method of measuring sky brightness. Refer to https://darkskymissouri.org/learn/bortle-scale |
SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF SKY QUALITY MEASUREMENTS BY LOCATION IN MISSOURI:
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Region | Type | Name | SQM | Bright | Limiting | Abright | Ratio | Bortle | Elev |
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Southeast | State | Current River State Park | 21.96 | 6.600 | 0.18 | 7 | 0.039 | 2 | 286 |
Southeast | State | Echo Bluff State Park | 21.96 | 6.600 | 0.18 | 7 | 0.038 | 2 | 218 |
Southeast | State | Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountr | 21.96 | 6.600 | 0.18 | 7 | 0.038 | 2 | 293 |
Southeast | USA | Ozark National Scenic Riverway | 21.95 | 6.600 | 0.18 | 8 | 0.049 | 2 | 181 |
Lakes | State | Bryant Creek SP | 21.93 | 6.600 | 0.18 | 12 | 0.068 | 2 | 265 |
Southeast | State | Montauk State Park | 21.91 | 6.600 | 0.19 | 15 | 0.087 | 2 | 377 |
Southeast | State | Sam A. Baker State Park | 21.91 | 6.600 | 0.19 | 14 | 0.082 | 2 | 171 |
Southeast | State | Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park | 21.89 | 6.600 | 0.19 | 18 | 0.106 | 2 | 263 |
Southeast | State | Dillard Mill State Historic Si | 21.88 | 6.600 | 0.19 | 20 | 0.118 | 3 | 305 |
Southeast | State | Grand Gulf State Park | 21.88 | 6.600 | 0.19 | 20 | 0.114 | 3 | 258 |
Northeast | State | Mark Twain Birthplace SHS | 21.87 | 6.600 | 0.19 | 21 | 0.124 | 3 | 181 |
Northeast | State | Mark Twain SP | 21.87 | 6.600 | 0.19 | 21 | 0.124 | 3 | 181 |
Northeast | State | Locust Creek Covered Bridge SH | 21.86 | 6.600 | 0.20 | 24 | 0.142 | 3 | 214 |
Northeast | State | Union Covered Bridge SHS | 21.85 | 6.600 | 0.20 | 26 | 0.149 | 3 | 224 |
Central | State | Annie and Abel Van Meter State | 21.84 | 6.600 | 0.20 | 27 | 0.160 | 3 | 235 |
Northeast | State | Battle of Athens SHS | 21.84 | 6.600 | 0.20 | 27 | 0.158 | 3 | 204 |
Northeast | State | Pershing SP | 21.83 | 6.500 | 0.20 | 28 | 0.166 | 3 | 219 |
Lakes | State | Stockton SP | 21.83 | 6.500 | 0.20 | 28 | 0.166 | 3 | 265 |
Southeast | State | Taum Sauk Mountain State Park | 21.83 | 6.500 | 0.21 | 36 | 0.208 | 3 | 541 |
Central | State | Boone's Lick State Historic Si | 21.81 | 6.500 | 0.20 | 32 | 0.189 | 3 | 209 |
Central | State | Sappington Cemetery State Hist | 21.80 | 6.500 | 0.21 | 34 | 0.199 | 3 | 225 |
Southeast | State | Big Oak Tree State Park | 21.78 | 6.500 | 0.21 | 39 | 0.228 | 3 | 90 |
Southeast | State | Towosahgy State Historic Site | 21.78 | 6.500 | 0.21 | 38 | 0.221 | 3 | 90 |
Southeast | State | Lake Wappapello State Park | 21.75 | 6.500 | 0.22 | 44 | 0.254 | 3 | 117 |
Lakes | State | Prairie SP | 21.75 | 6.500 | 0.22 | 45 | 0.263 | 3 | 274 |
Central | State | Arrow Rock State Historic Site | 21.74 | 6.500 | 0.22 | 45 | 0.265 | 3 | 219 |
Kansas City | State | Big Lake SP | 21.74 | 6.500 | 0.22 | 47 | 0.272 | 3 | 270 |
Southeast | State | Onondaga Cave State Park | 21.70 | 6.500 | 0.23 | 54 | 0.317 | 3 | 265 |
Kansas City | State | Battle of Island Mound State H | 21.69 | 6.500 | 0.23 | 56 | 0.327 | 3 | 267 |
St. Louis | State | Hawn State Park | 21.64 | 6.500 | 0.24 | 67 | 0.391 | 4 | 206 |
Northeast | State | Iliniwek Village SHS | 21.63 | 6.400 | 0.24 | 70 | 0.409 | 4 | 157 |
Southeast | State | Elephant Rocks State Park | 21.62 | 6.400 | 0.24 | 71 | 0.414 | 4 | 389 |
Lakes | State | Harry S Truman SP | 21.62 | 6.400 | 0.24 | 72 | 0.422 | 4 | 215 |
Lakes | State | Roaring River SP | 21.62 | 6.400 | 0.24 | 72 | 0.419 | 4 | 423 |
Lakes | State | Pomme de Terre SP | 21.61 | 6.400 | 0.25 | 74 | 0.430 | 4 | 281 |
Northeast | State | Graham Cave SP | 21.60 | 6.400 | 0.25 | 77 | 0.450 | 4 | 226 |
Lakes | State | Big Sugar Creek SP | 21.58 | 6.400 | 0.25 | 80 | 0.470 | 4 | 357 |
Northeast | State | Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood | 21.53 | 6.400 | 0.26 | 92 | 0.539 | 4 | 248 |
Lakes | State | Bennett Spring SP | 21.52 | 6.400 | 0.27 | 95 | 0.556 | 4 | 344 |
Lakes | State | Lake of the Ozarks SP | 21.52 | 6.400 | 0.26 | 96 | 0.560 | 4 | 231 |
Kansas City | State | Wallace SP | 21.51 | 6.400 | 0.27 | 97 | 0.567 | 4 | 298 |
Southeast | State | Morris State Park | 21.46 | 6.400 | 0.28 | 111 | 0.648 | 4 | 89 |
Southeast | State | Bollinger Mill State Historic | 21.45 | 6.400 | 0.28 | 112 | 0.655 | 4 | 121 |
Central | State | Katy Trail, McKittrick Trailhe | 21.44 | 6.400 | 0.29 | 115 | 0.671 | 4 | 159 |
Northeast | State | Crowder SP | 21.42 | 6.300 | 0.29 | 120 | 0.703 | 4 | 234 |
Northeast | State | Long Branch SP | 21.41 | 6.300 | 0.29 | 122 | 0.715 | 4 | 254 |
St. Louis | State | Washington State Park | 21.39 | 6.300 | 0.30 | 130 | 0.760 | 4 | 256 |
St. Louis | State | Meramec State Park | 21.38 | 6.300 | 0.30 | 132 | 0.772 | 4 | 193 |
Central | State | Bothwell Lodge State Historic | 21.35 | 6.300 | 0.31 | 140 | 0.629 | 4 | 257 |
Southeast | State | Trail of Tears State Park | 21.30 | 6.300 | 0.33 | 154 | 0.901 | 4 | 164 |
Northeast | State | Wakonda SP | 21.27 | 6.300 | 0.34 | 163 | 0.956 | 4 | 162 |
Northeast | State | Thousand Hills SP | 21.26 | 6.300 | 0.34 | 169 | 0.986 | 4 | 274 |
Kansas City | State | Lewis and Clark SP | 21.21 | 6.200 | 0.36 | 185 | 1.080 | 4 | 252 |
Northeast | State | Cuivre River SP | 21.20 | 6.200 | 0.36 | 186 | 1.090 | 4 | 212 |
St. Louis | State | St. Francois State Park | 21.18 | 6.200 | 0.37 | 195 | 1.140 | 4 | 281 |
Lakes | USA | George Washington Carver Natio | 21.15 | 6.200 | 0.38 | 204 | 1.190 | 4 | 328 |
Lakes | State | Ha Ha Tonka SP | 21.13 | 6.200 | 0.38 | 210 | 1.230 | 4 | 320 |
Kansas City | State | Confederate Memorial SHS | 21.07 | 6.200 | 0.40 | 232 | 1.350 | 4 | 244 |
Central | State | Finger Lakes State Park | 21.00 | 6.100 | 0.43 | 257 | 1.500 | 4 | 224 |
St. Louis | State | Robertsville State Park | 20.91 | 6.100 | 0.47 | 297 | 1.740 | 4 | 174 |
Kansas City | State | Watkins Woolen Mill SP and SHS | 20.88 | 6.000 | 0.48 | 307 | 1.800 | 4 | 277 |
Central | State | Clark's Hill/Norton State Hist | 20.84 | 6.000 | 0.50 | 325 | 1.900 | 4 | 172 |
St. Louis | State | St. Joe State Park | 20.80 | 6.000 | 0.52 | 346 | 2.020 | 4 | 314 |
Kansas City | State | Weston Bend SP | 20.77 | 6.000 | 0.53 | 360 | 2.100 | 4 | 285 |
Southeast | State | Hunter-Dawson State Historic S | 20.69 | 5.900 | 0.57 | 399 | 2.330 | 4 | 93 |
Kansas City | State | Battle of Lexington State Hist | 20.61 | 5.900 | 0.61 | 443 | 2.590 | 4 | 256 |
Lakes | State | Table Rock SP | 20.54 | 5.800 | 0.66 | 488 | 2.850 | 4 | 281 |
Central | State | Rock Bridge Memorial State Par | 20.26 | 5.700 | 0.85 | 676 | 3.950 | 5 | 233 |
Kansas City | State | Knob Noster SP | 20.19 | 5.600 | 0.73 | 733 | 4.280 | 5 | 249 |
St. Louis | State | Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial | 19.99 | 5.500 | 1.09 | 917 | 5.360 | 5 | 203 |
St. Louis | State | Route 66 State Park | 19.94 | 5.500 | 1.15 | 975 | 5.700 | 5 | 219 |
Kansas City | State | Katy Trail SP - Rock Island Sp | 19.67 | 5.300 | 1.46 | 1290 | 7.560 | 5 | 190 |
St. Louis | State | Castlewood State Park | 19.39 | 5.100 | 1.90 | 1730 | 10.100 | 6 | 161 |
St. Louis | State | Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Con | 19.21 | 4.900 | 2.24 | 2070 | 12.100 | 6 | 128 |
Central | State | Missouri State Museum | 19.13 | 4.900 | 2.40 | 2220 | 13.000 | 6 | 180 |
Central | State | Jewell Cemetery State Historic | 18.95 | 4.700 | 2.85 | 2680 | 15.700 | 6 | 225 |
Kansas City | USA | Harry S Truman National Histor | 18.51 | 4.400 | 4.25 | 4080 | 23.900 | 7 | 318 |
Kansas City | State | Thomas Hart Benton Home and St | 17.67 | 3.700 | 9.24 | 9070 | 53.000 | 8 | 290 |
St. Louis | USA | Gateway Arch National Park | 17.38 | 3.400 | 17.38 | 11900 | 69.400 | 9 | 127 |