What the night sky looks like over Franklin, KY

Franklin'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. Franklin's sky is brighter than 25.5% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Franklin

Hartsville/Trousdale County, TN, about 32 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Franklin. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Franklin against the rest of the dataset

About 10,524 people live in Franklin, KY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Franklin ranks 813 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.