Beatrice, NE's night sky, measured from orbit

Beatrice 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 43.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Beatrice.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Beatrice

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Junction City, KS, roughly 86 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Beatrice compares nationally

Beatrice, NE has a population of about 12,290, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Beatrice places 1,398 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.