How dark is the sky in Yucca Valley, CA?

Satellite radiance puts Yucca Valley 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 31.6% 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.

How far Yucca Valley is from a meaningfully darker sky

13 miles from Yucca Valley, straight-line, sits Desert Hot Springs, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Yucca Valley's own suburban edge band.

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.

Yucca Valley against the rest of the dataset

About 21,858 people live in Yucca Valley, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Yucca Valley ranks 1,009 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.