What the night sky looks like over Harrison, AR

Harrison's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 50.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Harrison.

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 Harrison

Branson, MO, about 27 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Harrison. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Harrison against the rest of the dataset

Harrison, AR counts roughly 13,723 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Harrison ranks 1,616 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.