Highland, UT's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Highland in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Highland's sky is brighter than 18.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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

Where to go for a darker sky near Highland

Alpine, UT, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Highland. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Alpine, 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 Highland compares nationally

About 21,146 people live in Highland, UT, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Highland places 596 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.