Firestone, CO Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Firestone, CO?
Firestone's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 10.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Firestone.
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.
Where to go for a darker sky near Firestone
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Evans, CO, roughly 17 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.
Evans, CO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Firestone against the rest of the dataset
Firestone, CO counts roughly 19,396 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, Firestone comes in at 339, darkest to brightest.