Asheboro, NC's night sky, measured from orbit

Asheboro reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Asheboro's sky is brighter than 23.7% 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 Asheboro is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Lexington, NC, roughly 27 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Asheboro compares nationally

Asheboro, NC counts roughly 27,928 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Asheboro places 757 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.