Bartlesville, OK Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Bartlesville, OK?
Bartlesville 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. Bartlesville's sky is brighter than 19.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Bartlesville
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Bella Vista, AR, roughly 95 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Bella Vista, AR is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Bartlesville against the rest of the dataset
Bartlesville, OK has a population of about 38,355, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Bartlesville comes in at 635, darkest to brightest.