Crossville, TN's night sky, measured from orbit

Crossville's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 71.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Crossville.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Crossville is from a meaningfully darker sky

Oak Ridge, TN, about 41 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Crossville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Crossville compares nationally

Crossville, TN counts roughly 12,785 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Crossville places 2,270 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.