DarkSkyCheck

What the night sky looks like over Camp Verde, AZ

Camp Verde reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Camp Verde's sky is brighter than 5.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 nearest darker sky to Camp Verde

14 miles from Camp Verde, straight-line, sits Cottonwood, AZ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Camp Verde's own rural band.

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

Camp Verde against the rest of the dataset

About 12,608 people live in Camp Verde, AZ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Camp Verde ranks 180 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.