Apple Valley, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Apple Valley in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Apple Valley's sky is brighter than 17.1% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Apple Valley

Hesperia, CA, about 11 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Apple Valley. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Apple Valley compares nationally

Apple Valley, CA counts roughly 75,029 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Apple Valley places 546 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.