Alcoa, TN's night sky, measured from orbit

Alcoa reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Alcoa's sky is brighter than 55.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Alcoa is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Farragut, TN, roughly 13 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Alcoa compares nationally

Alcoa, TN counts roughly 13,588 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Alcoa places 1,778 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.