What the night sky looks like over Dickson, TN

Dickson reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Dickson's sky is brighter than 62.4% 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 Dickson

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Fairview, TN, roughly 15 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Dickson against the rest of the dataset

Dickson, TN counts roughly 16,878 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Dickson ranks 1,989 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.