CHERRY SPRINGS STATE PARK

Cherry Springs State Park is a 106-acre Pennsylvania state park in Potter County., Cherry Springs is named for a large stand of Black Cherry trees in the park and sits atop the dissected Allegheny Plateau at an elevation of 2,300 feet. It is popular with astronomers and stargazers for having some of the "darkest night skies on the east coast" of the United States. Cherry Springs State Park was named Pennsylvania's first dark sky park by the Department of Conservation & Natural Resources in 2000. Under optimum conditions the Milky Way casts a discernible shadow. Cherry Springs has received national press coverage and hosts two star parties a year, which attract hundreds of astronomers.