What the night sky looks like over Jackson, WY

Jackson reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 21.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Jackson.

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.

How far Jackson is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Smithfield, UT, roughly 125 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Smithfield, UT is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Jackson against the rest of the dataset

Jackson, WY has a population of about 10,680, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Jackson ranks 673 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.