How dark is the sky in Huntington, IN?

Satellite radiance puts Huntington in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Huntington's sky is brighter than 26.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Huntington

Yorktown, IN, about 48 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Huntington. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Huntington against the rest of the dataset

About 17,033 people live in Huntington, IN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Huntington ranks 853 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.