What the night sky looks like over Huntington, WV

Huntington reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Huntington's sky is brighter than 87.6% 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 Huntington

12 miles from Huntington, straight-line, sits Ashland, KY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Huntington's own urban band.

Ashland, KY 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

Huntington, WV counts roughly 44,942 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Huntington ranks 2,793 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.