Front Royal, VA: how dark is the sky here?

Front Royal'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. Front Royal's sky is brighter than 26.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Front Royal

131 miles from Front Royal, straight-line, sits Murrysville, PA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Front Royal's own suburban edge band.

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

How Front Royal compares nationally

About 15,628 people live in Front Royal, VA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Front Royal places 832 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.