What the night sky looks like over Frankfort, KY

Satellite radiance puts Frankfort in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 58.6% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Frankfort

Lawrenceburg, KY, about 11 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Frankfort. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Frankfort against the rest of the dataset

Frankfort, KY has a population of about 28,610, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Frankfort ranks 1,869 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.