Sandy, UT: how dark is the sky here?

Sandy reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 67.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Sandy.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Sandy

Cottonwood Heights, UT, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Sandy. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Sandy compares nationally

About 92,840 people live in Sandy, UT, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Sandy places 2,165 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.