What the night sky looks like over Mesquite, NV

Satellite radiance puts Mesquite in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 7.3% 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 Mesquite is from a meaningfully darker sky

48 miles from Mesquite, straight-line, sits Hurricane, UT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Mesquite's own rural band.

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

Mesquite against the rest of the dataset

Mesquite, NV has a population of about 23,599, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Mesquite ranks 233 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.