Danville, VA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Danville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 70% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Danville.

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

The nearest darker sky to Danville

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Eden, NC, roughly 19 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Danville compares nationally

Danville, VA counts roughly 41,993 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Danville places 2,232 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.