Batesville, AR: how dark is the sky here?

Batesville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 61.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Batesville.

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.

How far Batesville is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Jacksonville, AR, roughly 68 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Batesville compares nationally

Batesville, AR counts roughly 11,539 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Batesville places 1,953 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.