Beech Grove, IN's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Beech Grove in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 55.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Beech Grove

13 miles from Beech Grove, straight-line, sits Bargersville, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Beech Grove's own suburban band.

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

How Beech Grove compares nationally

Beech Grove, IN has a population of about 14,566, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Beech Grove places 1,765 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.