Burley, ID's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Burley in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 73.3% 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 Burley is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Chubbuck, ID, roughly 73 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Burley compares nationally

About 12,211 people live in Burley, ID, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Burley places 2,338 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.