Paradise Valley, AZ: how dark is the sky here?

Paradise Valley'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. Paradise Valley's sky is brighter than 39.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Paradise Valley

Scottsdale, AZ, about 11 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Paradise Valley. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Scottsdale, 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 Paradise Valley compares nationally

Paradise Valley, AZ counts roughly 12,523 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Paradise Valley places 1,246 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.