Dark Sky Festival along Lake Superior’s North Shore

An annual event celebrating the stars, the moon, Northern Lights, and the area’s dark skies. The absence of light pollution make for one of darkiest skies.

Date(s)
December
Next date of this event TBD.

Venue / Location
Info Center
116 W Hwy 61
Grand Marais, MN 55604
Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior

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December is the darkest month of the year, and towns along Lake Superior’s North Shore have some of the clearest night skies in the world. To celebrate the wintertime darkness, Visit Cook County presents The Dark Sky Festival. An annual event celebrating the stars, the moon, Northern Lights, and the area’s dark skies.

Cook County, home to the towns of Grand Marais, Lutsen, Schroeder, Tofte, Hovland, and Grand Portage, has one of the darkest skies in the entire world! Thanks to the absence of large cities and light pollution from our small northern county, visitors can enjoy clear views of the skies most nights. The Boundary Water’s Canoe Area Wilderness is one of only 15 certified Dark Sky Sanctuaries in the entire world! We celebrate this designation and area beauty with the Dark Sky Festival.

There have also been Dark Skies dinners at Grand Marais and Gunflint Trail restaurants, guided night hikes,
author meet and greets, star parties, and more. Turn out the lights where Grand Marais will go dark for a few minutes to enjoy the night’s sky in town!

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