How dark is the sky in Santaquin, UT?

Santaquin reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Santaquin's sky is brighter than 4.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

How far Santaquin is from a meaningfully darker sky

Heber, UT, about 45 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Santaquin. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Santaquin against the rest of the dataset

Santaquin, UT has a population of about 18,394, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Santaquin ranks 132 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.