What the night sky looks like over Flat Rock, MI

Flat Rock's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 38.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Flat Rock.

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 Flat Rock

Oregon, OH, about 32 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Flat Rock. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Flat Rock against the rest of the dataset

About 10,249 people live in Flat Rock, MI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Flat Rock ranks 1,224 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.