Huntsville, AL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Huntsville, AL?
Huntsville 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. Only 87.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Huntsville.
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 Huntsville
5 miles from Huntsville, straight-line, sits Madison, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Huntsville's own urban band.
Madison, AL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Huntsville against the rest of the dataset
About 230,402 people live in Huntsville, AL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Huntsville comes in at 2,791, darkest to brightest.