What the night sky looks like over Vineyard, UT

Satellite radiance puts Vineyard in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Vineyard's sky is brighter than 42.5% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Vineyard

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Alpine, UT, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Vineyard against the rest of the dataset

Vineyard, UT counts roughly 16,077 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Vineyard ranks 1,356 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.