Evanston, WY's night sky, measured from orbit

Evanston 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 51.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Evanston.

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

How far Evanston is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is North Ogden, UT, roughly 52 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

North Ogden, 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 Evanston compares nationally

About 11,691 people live in Evanston, WY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Evanston places 1,630 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.