You can in the deep boonies. Tonapah, Nevada, for instance, has some of the clearest high altitude skies. A few miles out of town late at a no-moon night it does look like the picture (without assist or binoculars or telescope). It is really amazing.
My son and I spent a couple of days in Mexican Hat last summer, about 20 miles from Monument Valley. The stargazing at night was absolutely spectacular.
Your are certainly correct about Tonapah being deep boonies. I’m in Las Vegas a couple of times a year but haven’t yet been drawn to Tonapah. Now at least I have a reason.