What the night sky looks like over Graham, NC

Graham's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 59.5% of the 3,206 US 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 Graham

Mebane, NC, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Graham. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Graham against the rest of the dataset

Graham, NC counts roughly 19,311 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Graham ranks 1,897 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.