What the night sky looks like over Covington, KY

Covington reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 33.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Covington.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Covington

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Independence, KY, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Covington against the rest of the dataset

Covington, KY counts roughly 41,611 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Covington ranks 1,063 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.