Greeneville, TN's night sky, measured from orbit

Greeneville's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Greeneville's sky is brighter than 53.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Greeneville

43 miles from Greeneville, straight-line, sits Bristol, TN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Greeneville's own suburban band.

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

How Greeneville compares nationally

Greeneville, TN has a population of about 15,979, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Greeneville places 1,714 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.