How dark is the sky in Clarksville, IN?

Clarksville 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. Clarksville's sky is brighter than 94.2% 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 Clarksville is from a meaningfully darker sky

3 miles from Clarksville, straight-line, sits New Albany, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Clarksville's own urban band.

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

Clarksville against the rest of the dataset

About 22,041 people live in Clarksville, IN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Clarksville ranks 3,002 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.