Hutchinson, KS Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Hutchinson, KS?
Satellite radiance puts Hutchinson in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 65.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hutchinson.
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.
The nearest darker sky to Hutchinson
Newton, KS, about 31 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Hutchinson. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Newton, KS is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Hutchinson against the rest of the dataset
Hutchinson, KS has a population of about 39,561, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Hutchinson comes in at 2,088, darkest to brightest.