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title: "Vast Open Spaces"
description: "Vast Open Spaces — Chase the horizon across prairies, plateaus, and salt flats—big skies, zero crowds, and nights bright with stars."
url: "https://viatravelers.com/collections/environment/vast-open-spaces/"
published_at: "2025-11-13T13:20:12-06:00"
updated_at: "2026-03-28T12:17:55-06:00"
author: "Kyle Kroeger"
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Vast open spaces deliver horizon-to-horizon views, low light pollution, and an immediate sense of scale. Travelers discover remote prairies, steppe, high plateaus, and salt flats where silence and sky dominate. Ideal for road trips, star photography, and long, meditative walks.