Englewood, CO's night sky, measured from orbit

Englewood reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 83.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Englewood.

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

How far Englewood is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Littleton, CO, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Englewood compares nationally

About 35,238 people live in Englewood, CO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Englewood places 2,660 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.