Federal Heights, CO: how dark is the sky here?

Federal Heights's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 62.2% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Federal Heights

Westminster, CO, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Federal Heights. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Westminster, 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 Federal Heights compares nationally

Federal Heights, CO counts roughly 13,971 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Federal Heights places 1,984 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.