Huntersville, NC: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Huntersville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 54.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Huntersville.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Huntersville is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Davidson, NC, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Huntersville compares nationally

About 67,087 people live in Huntersville, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Huntersville places 1,737 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.