What the night sky looks like over Blytheville, AR

Blytheville reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Blytheville's sky is brighter than 92.8% of the 3,206 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.

How far Blytheville is from a meaningfully darker sky

23 miles from Blytheville, straight-line, sits Kennett, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Blytheville's own urban band.

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

Blytheville against the rest of the dataset

About 12,359 people live in Blytheville, AR, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Blytheville ranks 2,958 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.