Essex Junction, VT Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Essex Junction, VT?
Essex Junction'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. Only 21.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Essex Junction.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Essex Junction is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is South Burlington, VT, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
South Burlington, VT is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Essex Junction against the rest of the dataset
Essex Junction, VT counts roughly 10,787 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Essex Junction comes in at 691, darkest to brightest.