What the night sky looks like over Jerome, ID

Jerome's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 53.1% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Jerome is from a meaningfully darker sky

105 miles from Jerome, straight-line, sits Chubbuck, ID, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Jerome's own suburban band.

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

Jerome against the rest of the dataset

About 13,481 people live in Jerome, ID, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Jerome ranks 1,692 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.