Pocatello, ID's night sky, measured from orbit

Pocatello's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 50.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Pocatello

Chubbuck, ID, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Pocatello. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Pocatello compares nationally

About 58,231 people live in Pocatello, ID, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Pocatello places 1,610 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.