Greenwood, IN Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Greenwood, IN?
Greenwood reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 97.9% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Greenwood
7 miles from Greenwood, straight-line, sits Bargersville, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Greenwood's own urban band.
Bargersville, IN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Greenwood against the rest of the dataset
Greenwood, IN has a population of about 68,175, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Greenwood comes in at 3,121, darkest to brightest.