How dark is the sky in Wheat Ridge, CO?

Satellite radiance puts Wheat Ridge 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. That's brighter than 40.8% 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 Wheat Ridge

5 miles from Wheat Ridge, straight-line, sits Arvada, CO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wheat Ridge's own suburban edge band.

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

Wheat Ridge against the rest of the dataset

Wheat Ridge, CO has a population of about 31,999, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Wheat Ridge ranks 1,300 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.