How dark is the sky in Carmel, IN?

Carmel 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. Only 92.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Carmel.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Carmel

5 miles from Carmel, straight-line, sits Westfield, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Carmel's own urban band.

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

Carmel against the rest of the dataset

Carmel, IN counts roughly 103,606 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Carmel ranks 2,939 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.