Steamboat Springs, CO Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Steamboat Springs, CO?
Steamboat Springs 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. Steamboat Springs's sky is brighter than 13.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Steamboat Springs
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Glenwood Springs, CO, roughly 70 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.
Glenwood Springs, CO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Steamboat Springs against the rest of the dataset
Steamboat Springs, CO has a population of about 13,620, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Steamboat Springs comes in at 429, darkest to brightest.