What the night sky looks like over Taylorsville, UT

Taylorsville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Taylorsville's sky is brighter than 60.2% 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.

How far Taylorsville is from a meaningfully darker sky

7 miles from Taylorsville, straight-line, sits Holladay, UT, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Taylorsville's own suburban band.

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

Taylorsville against the rest of the dataset

Taylorsville, UT counts roughly 57,819 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Taylorsville ranks 1,918 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.