What the night sky looks like over Alexandria, KY

Alexandria reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 11.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Alexandria

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Fort Oglethorpe, GA, roughly 283 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Alexandria against the rest of the dataset

About 10,819 people live in Alexandria, KY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Alexandria ranks 361 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.