What the night sky looks like over Salem, UT

Salem'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. Only 24.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Salem.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Salem

Mapleton, UT, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Salem. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Salem against the rest of the dataset

Salem, UT counts roughly 11,283 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Salem ranks 783 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.