Bullhead City, AZ's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Bullhead City 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. That's brighter than 30.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Bullhead City is from a meaningfully darker sky

Mesquite, NV, about 119 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Bullhead City. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Bullhead City compares nationally

Bullhead City, AZ counts roughly 43,266 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Bullhead City places 983 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.