What the night sky looks like over Greeley, CO

Greeley reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Greeley's sky is brighter than 55.1% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Greeley

5 miles from Greeley, straight-line, sits Evans, CO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Greeley's own suburban band.

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.

Greeley against the rest of the dataset

Greeley, CO counts roughly 114,363 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Greeley ranks 1,757 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.