What the night sky looks like over Star, ID

Star reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Star's sky is brighter than 19% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Star

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Garden City, ID, roughly 10 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Star against the rest of the dataset

Star, ID counts roughly 18,208 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Star ranks 608 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.