diff --git a/GameData/CommNetConstellation/Textures/groundStationMark.png b/GameData/CommNetConstellation/Textures/groundStationMark.png
index 44e5f8c..bc133a4 100644
Binary files a/GameData/CommNetConstellation/Textures/groundStationMark.png and b/GameData/CommNetConstellation/Textures/groundStationMark.png differ
diff --git a/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetHome.cs b/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetHome.cs
index 45163d4..f5b63ad 100644
--- a/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetHome.cs
+++ b/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetHome.cs
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public void OnGUI()
             if ((!HighLogic.CurrentGame.Parameters.CustomParams<CommNetParams>().enableGroundStations && !this.isKSC) || !MapView.MapIsEnabled || MapView.MapCamera == null)
                 return;
 
+            if (CNCCommNetScenario.Instance.hideGroundStations)
+                return;
+
             Vector3d worldPos = ScaledSpace.LocalToScaledSpace(nodeTransform.transform.position);
 
             if (MapView.MapCamera.transform.InverseTransformPoint(worldPos).z < 0f)
diff --git a/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetScenario.cs b/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetScenario.cs
index 7e10e49..eb3239d 100644
--- a/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetScenario.cs
+++ b/src/CommNetConstellation/CommNetLayer/CNCCommNetScenario.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class CNCCommNetScenario : CommNetScenario
         private List<CNCCommNetHome> persistentGroundStations; // leave the initialisation to OnLoad()
         private List<CNCCommNetVessel> commVessels;
         private bool dirtyCommNetVesselList;
+        public bool hideGroundStations;
 
         public static new CNCCommNetScenario Instance
         {
@@ -153,6 +154,9 @@ public override void OnLoad(ConfigNode gameNode)
                     case "DisplayModeFlight":
                         CNCCommNetUI.CustomModeFlightMap = (CNCCommNetUI.CustomDisplayMode)((int)Enum.Parse(typeof(CNCCommNetUI.CustomDisplayMode), value.value));
                         break;
+                    case "HideGroundStations":
+                        this.hideGroundStations = Boolean.Parse(value.value);
+                        break;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -230,6 +234,7 @@ public override void OnSave(ConfigNode gameNode)
             //Other variables
             gameNode.AddValue("DisplayModeTracking", CNCCommNetUI.CustomModeTrackingStation);
             gameNode.AddValue("DisplayModeFlight", CNCCommNetUI.CustomModeFlightMap);
+            gameNode.AddValue("HideGroundStations", this.hideGroundStations);
 
             //Constellations
             if (!gameNode.HasNode("Constellations"))
diff --git a/src/CommNetConstellation/UI/ConstellationControlDialog.cs b/src/CommNetConstellation/UI/ConstellationControlDialog.cs
index 96e88fb..b928a33 100644
--- a/src/CommNetConstellation/UI/ConstellationControlDialog.cs
+++ b/src/CommNetConstellation/UI/ConstellationControlDialog.cs
@@ -451,6 +451,12 @@ private List<DialogGUIHorizontalLayout> populateVesselRows(VesselTypeFilter filt
         private List<DialogGUIBase> getGroundstationContentLayout()
         {
             List<DialogGUIBase> stationComponments = new List<DialogGUIBase>();
+
+            //toggle button for ground station markers
+            DialogGUIToggleButton toggleStationButton = new DialogGUIToggleButton(CNCCommNetScenario.Instance.hideGroundStations, "Hide all station markers", delegate (bool b) { CNCCommNetScenario.Instance.hideGroundStations = !CNCCommNetScenario.Instance.hideGroundStations; }, 60, 25);
+            DialogGUIHorizontalLayout toggleStationGroup = new DialogGUIHorizontalLayout(true, false, 4, new RectOffset(), TextAnchor.MiddleCenter, new DialogGUIBase[] { new DialogGUIFlexibleSpace(), toggleStationButton, new DialogGUIFlexibleSpace() });
+            stationComponments.Add(toggleStationGroup);
+
             List<DialogGUIHorizontalLayout> rows = populateGroundStationRows();
             for (int i = 0; i < rows.Count; i++)
             {
@@ -485,7 +491,7 @@ private DialogGUIHorizontalLayout createGroundStationRow(CNCCommNetHome thisStat
             DialogGUIImage colorImage = new DialogGUIImage(new Vector2(16, 16), Vector2.one, thisStation.Color, groundstationTexture);
             DialogGUILabel stationNameLabel = new DialogGUILabel(thisStation.stationName, 170, 12);
             DialogGUILabel locationLabel = new DialogGUILabel(string.Format("LAT: {0:0.0}\nLON: {1:0.0}", thisStation.latitude, thisStation.longitude), 100, 24);
-            DialogGUILabel freqsLabel = new DialogGUILabel(getFreqString(thisStation.Frequencies), 200, 12);
+            DialogGUILabel freqsLabel = new DialogGUILabel(getFreqString(thisStation.Frequencies), 210, 12);
             DialogGUIButton updateButton = new DialogGUIButton("Edit", delegate { groundstationEditClick(thisStation); }, 50, 32, false);
 
             DialogGUIBase[] rowGUIBase = new DialogGUIBase[] { colorImage, stationNameLabel, locationLabel, freqsLabel, updateButton };
diff --git a/src/groundStationMark.psd b/src/groundStationMark.psd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a5e754
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