What the night sky looks like over Middleton, ID

Middleton's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 32.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Middleton.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Middleton

Garden City, ID, about 16 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Middleton. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Middleton against the rest of the dataset

About 11,730 people live in Middleton, ID, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Middleton ranks 1,034 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.