Kearney, NE: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Kearney in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 79.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Kearney.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Kearney

North Platte, NE, about 92 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Kearney. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Kearney compares nationally

About 34,741 people live in Kearney, NE, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Kearney places 2,547 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.