What the night sky looks like over Burlington, NC

Burlington reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 56.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Burlington.

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 Burlington

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Mebane, NC, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Burlington against the rest of the dataset

Burlington, NC has a population of about 61,365, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Burlington ranks 1,792 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.