What the night sky looks like over Bella Vista, AR

Bella Vista's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 3.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

Where to go for a darker sky near Bella Vista

280 miles from Bella Vista, straight-line, sits Godfrey, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Bella Vista's own rural band.

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

Bella Vista against the rest of the dataset

About 33,274 people live in Bella Vista, AR, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Bella Vista ranks 112 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.