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.

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. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hope Mills ranks 1,384 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.