What the night sky looks like over Murray, UT

Murray's sky measures inner-city here. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. Only 98.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Murray.

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 Murray

3 miles from Murray, straight-line, sits Midvale, UT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Murray's own inner-city band.

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

Murray against the rest of the dataset

About 50,817 people live in Murray, UT, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Murray ranks 3,148 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.