Colonial Heights, VA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Colonial Heights, VA?
Colonial Heights reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Colonial Heights's sky is brighter than 50.9% 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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Colonial Heights is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Petersburg, VA, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Petersburg, VA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Colonial Heights against the rest of the dataset
Colonial Heights, VA counts roughly 18,674 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Colonial Heights comes in at 1,623, darkest to brightest.