How dark is the sky in Taylor, MI?

Satellite radiance puts Taylor in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 88.5% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Taylor

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Southgate, MI, roughly 3 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

Taylor against the rest of the dataset

About 61,544 people live in Taylor, MI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Taylor ranks 2,823 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.