Hope Mills, NC Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Hope Mills, NC?
Hope Mills reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 43.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hope Mills.
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 Hope Mills
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Spring Lake, NC, roughly 15 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Spring Lake, NC is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Hope Mills against the rest of the dataset
Hope Mills, NC has a population of about 18,102, 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, Hope Mills comes in at 1,384, darkest to brightest.