Forrest City, AR's night sky, measured from orbit

Forrest City's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 60.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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 Forrest City

35 miles from Forrest City, straight-line, sits West Memphis, AR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Forrest City's own suburban band.

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

How Forrest City compares nationally

Forrest City, AR counts roughly 12,340 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Forrest City places 1,932 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.