Syracuse, UT's night sky, measured from orbit

Syracuse 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. That's brighter than 23.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Syracuse

West Point, UT, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Syracuse. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Syracuse compares nationally

Syracuse, UT counts roughly 38,999 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Syracuse places 745 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.