What the night sky looks like over Cookeville, TN

Satellite radiance puts Cookeville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Cookeville's sky is brighter than 72.5% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Cookeville

40 miles from Cookeville, straight-line, sits Hartsville/Trousdale County, TN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cookeville's own suburban band.

Hartsville/Trousdale County, TN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Cookeville against the rest of the dataset

Cookeville, TN counts roughly 37,102 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cookeville ranks 2,311 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.