DarkSkyCheck

What the night sky looks like over Goodlettsville, TN

Goodlettsville's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 52.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Goodlettsville.

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 Goodlettsville

Mount Juliet, TN, about 14 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Goodlettsville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Goodlettsville against the rest of the dataset

About 17,433 people live in Goodlettsville, TN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Goodlettsville ranks 1,662 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.