South Burlington, VT: how dark is the sky here?

South Burlington's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 3.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than South Burlington.

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.

The nearest darker sky to South Burlington

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Burlington, VT, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

How South Burlington compares nationally

South Burlington, VT counts roughly 21,713 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. South Burlington places 111 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.