Centerville, UT's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Centerville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 71.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Centerville.

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

Where to go for a darker sky near Centerville

4 miles from Centerville, straight-line, sits Bountiful, UT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Centerville's own suburban band.

Bountiful, 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 Centerville compares nationally

Centerville, UT has a population of about 16,560, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Centerville places 2,279 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.