Beech Grove, IN Night Sky Brightness
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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
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's position, 1,765 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.