How dark is the sky in Eagle, ID?

Satellite radiance puts Eagle in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 27.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Eagle.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Eagle

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Garden City, ID, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Eagle against the rest of the dataset

Eagle, ID counts roughly 33,451 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Eagle ranks 882 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.