SW MI park 2nd in state to receive dark sky designation

NEWBERG TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A southwest Michigan park is only the second in the state to be officially certified as a dark sky park.

The Dr. T.K. Lawless Park in Cass County was notified last week that it had received the designation from the International Dark-Sky Association.

The park is east of Cassopolis, between Vandalia and Jones.

Headlands International Dark Sky Park near Mackinaw City was the first in Michigan to be certified.

Robert Parrish, a Cass County Parks board member and an advocate for International Dark-Sky Association, led the application process.

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