DarkSkyCheck

Kingman, AZ's night sky, measured from orbit

Kingman reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 84.3% of the 3,206 US 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 Kingman

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Bullhead City, AZ, roughly 31 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Kingman compares nationally

Kingman, AZ has a population of about 35,383, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Kingman places 2,687 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.