What the night sky looks like over Montrose, CO

Montrose'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. Montrose's sky is brighter than 23.7% of the 3,206 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.

The nearest darker sky to Montrose

Glenwood Springs, CO, about 79 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Montrose. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Montrose against the rest of the dataset

Montrose, CO has a population of about 21,646, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Montrose ranks 755 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.