Rutland, VT's night sky, measured from orbit

Rutland'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 66.6% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Rutland

Claremont, NH, about 36 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Rutland. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Rutland compares nationally

Rutland, VT has a population of about 15,565, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Rutland places 2,123 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.