American Fork, UT: how dark is the sky here?

American Fork reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 75.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to American Fork

3 miles from American Fork, straight-line, sits Highland, UT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than American Fork's own suburban band.

Highland, UT is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How American Fork compares nationally

American Fork, UT counts roughly 41,298 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. American Fork places 2,403 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.