Goldsboro, NC: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Goldsboro in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Goldsboro's sky is brighter than 42.7% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Goldsboro

33 miles from Goldsboro, straight-line, sits Clayton, NC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Goldsboro's own suburban edge band.

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

How Goldsboro compares nationally

About 34,629 people live in Goldsboro, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Goldsboro places 1,362 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.