Alexandria, VA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Alexandria in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 57.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Alexandria.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Alexandria

New Carrollton, MD, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Alexandria. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Alexandria compares nationally

Alexandria, VA counts roughly 159,102 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Alexandria places 1,847 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.