It IS dark here. We happen to be here during new moon and the sky is pitch dark. You can see the Milky Way and thousands of stars that are often missed. It is magnificent. To bad it is also getting into the teens at night. It limits the enjoyment of stargazing! This park is particularly known for the illusive Montezuma Quail. Didn’t see it. They had some nice trails though as does a nearby Nature conservancy. We see these scattered around the West. They are cooperative efforts between cattle ranchers, local governments and state governments to collaboratively manage the development of and preservation of geologically unique land parcels. I suppose if I researched it I would be disappointed how political or self-serving it really is but, on the surface, it seems like a great effort.