Fruita, CO Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Fruita, CO
Satellite radiance puts Fruita in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Fruita's sky is brighter than 47.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
How far Fruita is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Rifle, CO, roughly 58 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Rifle, CO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Fruita against the rest of the dataset
Fruita, CO has a population of about 13,912, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Fruita ranks 1,510 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.