What the night sky looks like over Rancho Mirage, CA

Satellite radiance puts Rancho Mirage in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Rancho Mirage's sky is brighter than 53.5% 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 Rancho Mirage

La Quinta, CA, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Rancho Mirage. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Rancho Mirage against the rest of the dataset

Rancho Mirage, CA counts roughly 18,001 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Rancho Mirage ranks 1,706 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.