As we previously did articles on the 2024 solar eclipse for the several state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the help of https://www.lightpollutionmap.info, we created the following table to provide information about the entire state parks for Nevada in regards to light pollution and astronomy.

Item	How Many
Number Of State Parks	27
Number of Different Bortle Scales	7
Level 1 Bortle Scale State Parks	3
Level 2 Bortle Scale State Parks	5
Level 3 Bortle Scale State Parks	8
Level 4 Bortle Scale State Parks	6
Level 5 Bortle Scale State Parks	2
Level 6 Bortle Scale State Parks	2
Level 8 Bortle Scale State Parks	2

With 27 state parks, Nevada is the Xth fewest state parks, but has a total of 7 state parks with at Bortle 1 and 2 levels. These means that 25.925% of Nevada state parks are of Bortle 1 and 2, which is one the highest in the entire US. With 3 Level 1 Bortle scale state parks, Nevada has more Bortle 1 state parks than 44 other state parks. Only 5 states have more Bortle 1 state parks, making Nevada be in the top 10 of state parks with most Bortle 1 scales.

Map

Here is a show of the colors of the markers, to know how to read the map.

Color	Bortle Scale
Black	Level 1
Dark Purple	Level 2
Blue	Level 3
Green	Level 4
Yellow	Level 5
Orange	Level 6

To learn more about the Bortle Scale, check out this article. The Nevada State Parks official website can be found here.