What the night sky looks like over Prescott Valley, AZ

Prescott Valley reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 26.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Prescott Valley.

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.

How far Prescott Valley is from a meaningfully darker sky

7 miles from Prescott Valley, straight-line, sits Prescott, AZ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Prescott Valley's own suburban edge band.

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

Prescott Valley against the rest of the dataset

About 51,440 people live in Prescott Valley, AZ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Prescott Valley ranks 856 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.