What the night sky looks like over Harrisonburg, VA

Satellite radiance puts Harrisonburg in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Harrisonburg's sky is brighter than 94% of the 3,206 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 Harrisonburg

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Staunton, VA, roughly 22 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Harrisonburg against the rest of the dataset

About 51,164 people live in Harrisonburg, VA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Harrisonburg ranks 2,998 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.