Franklin, IN's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Franklin in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Franklin's sky is brighter than 44.3% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Franklin

9 miles from Franklin, straight-line, sits Bargersville, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Franklin's own suburban band.

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

How Franklin compares nationally

Franklin, IN has a population of about 26,158, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Franklin places 1,414 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.