How dark is the sky in South Salt Lake, UT?

South Salt Lake's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 95.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than South Salt Lake.

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 South Salt Lake is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Millcreek, UT, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

South Salt Lake against the rest of the dataset

About 26,561 people live in South Salt Lake, UT, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, South Salt Lake ranks 3,041 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.