Light Pollution Impact - Severe
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| Cohutta Wilderness Area | Hercules-Glades Wilderness Area | James River Face Wilderness Area |
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| Linville Gorge Wilderness Area | Lye Brook Wilderness Area | Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness Area |
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| Shining Rock Wilderness Area | Sipsey Wilderness Area | |
Light Pollution Impact - Moderate
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| Bradwell Bay Wilderness Area | Caney Creek Wilderness Area | Dolly Sods Wilderness Area |
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| Great Gulf Wilderness Area | Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Area |
Otter Creek Wilderness Area |
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| Rainbow Lake Wilderness Area | ||
Light Pollution Impact - Slight
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| Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Area |
Upper Buffalo Wilderness Area | |
As a rough estimate - around Green you loose approximately half of the visible stars and around Orange you loose three-fourths. - Robert Wagner
Key and US Forecasted Growth
These images were produced using the North American Night Sky Brightness Overlay and Google Earth.
The list of 156 Mandatory Class 1 Federal Areas is available at the EPA Website.
A map of Federal Class 1 Areas is available at the NPS Website.
This site is maintained by Robert Wagner. Please contact me if you have any additional relevant information or corrections.