What the night sky looks like over Vernal, UT

Vernal reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 44% of the 3,206 US 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 Vernal is from a meaningfully darker sky

73 miles from Vernal, straight-line, sits Green River, WY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Vernal's own suburban band.

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

Vernal against the rest of the dataset

About 10,698 people live in Vernal, UT, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Vernal ranks 1,402 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.