Severance, CO's night sky, measured from orbit

Severance'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. Severance's sky is brighter than 17.8% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Severance

6 miles from Severance, straight-line, sits Timnath, CO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Severance's own suburban edge band.

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

How Severance compares nationally

Severance, CO counts roughly 11,554 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Severance places 567 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.