Clive, IA Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Clive, IA
Satellite radiance puts Clive in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 44.7% of the 3,206 US 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 Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Clive
4 miles from Clive, straight-line, sits Grimes, IA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Clive's own suburban band.
Grimes, IA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Clive against the rest of the dataset
About 19,508 people live in Clive, IA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Clive ranks 1,427 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.