On: Idaho Wants to Establish America's First 'Dark Sky...

[dogruck]

Flagstaff and Sedona are both dark sky communities, in AZ. Lowell built his telescope in Flagstaff because of the visibility.

[matheweis → dogruck]

There are numerous telescopes and observatories in the general area for this reason; besides the more publicly known Clark Telescope as the main Lowell tourist site, there is an active research Lowell further out of town, as well as a major US Naval Observatory and the Discovery Channel Telescope. The local University there has one as well.

[dogruck → matheweis]

Ah, thanks for adding these details. I learned something.