Caldwell, ID Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Caldwell, ID
Satellite radiance puts Caldwell in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 66.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Caldwell.
The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Caldwell
Middleton, ID, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Caldwell. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Middleton, ID is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Caldwell against the rest of the dataset
Caldwell, ID has a population of about 73,088, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Caldwell ranks 2,129 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.