How dark is the sky in Sunland Park, NM?

Satellite radiance puts Sunland Park in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 16.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Sunland Park.

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 Sunland Park is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Carlsbad, NM, roughly 144 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Sunland Park against the rest of the dataset

Sunland Park, NM has a population of about 18,185, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Sunland Park ranks 525 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.