How dark is the sky in Twentynine Palms, CA?

Twentynine Palms 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. Twentynine Palms's sky is brighter than 14.4% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Twentynine Palms

Desert Hot Springs, CA, about 30 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Twentynine Palms. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Twentynine Palms against the rest of the dataset

Twentynine Palms, CA has a population of about 26,563, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Twentynine Palms ranks 461 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.