How dark is the sky in Carrboro, NC?

Satellite radiance puts Carrboro in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Carrboro's sky is brighter than 7.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Carrboro is from a meaningfully darker sky

147 miles from Carrboro, straight-line, sits Suffolk, VA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Carrboro's own rural band.

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

Carrboro against the rest of the dataset

About 21,079 people live in Carrboro, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Carrboro ranks 228 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.