I share your thoughts colorado_rob. Remote to me has to factor in the darkness of the sky.
When I visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah I believe there was some educational material on it being a dark sky location, the materials possibly even suggested it was one of the darkest spots in the lower 48.
You might find this website helpful: http://darksitefinder.com/maps/world.html
Studying this map and when there was a new moon allowed me to see the milky way with my own eyes for the first time during my LT hike.
As you can see for us mid-atlantic folk there isn't a lot of dark sky nearby, the Adirondacks are good, and there are some spots in western PA and WV, but for real dark skies we need to go west!
There are people who try to encourage others to think about ways we can all try to reduce light pollution and it's not something I personally had given a lot of thought about until I got older and wiser.