What the night sky looks like over Show Low, AZ

Show Low 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. Only 2.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Show Low.

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.

How far Show Low is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Florence, AZ, roughly 114 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Show Low against the rest of the dataset

Show Low, AZ has a population of about 12,366, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Show Low ranks 96 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.