Cedar City, UT's night sky, measured from orbit

Cedar City's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Cedar City's sky is brighter than 35.5% of the 3,206 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 Cedar City is from a meaningfully darker sky

Hurricane, UT, about 40 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Cedar City. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Cedar City compares nationally

Cedar City, UT counts roughly 40,885 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Cedar City places 1,133 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.