What the night sky looks like over Bristol, TN

Bristol's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 24.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Bristol.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Bristol

105 miles from Bristol, straight-line, sits Lewisville, NC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Bristol's own suburban edge band.

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

Bristol against the rest of the dataset

Bristol, TN counts roughly 27,867 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Bristol ranks 789 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.