What the night sky looks like over Leland, NC

Leland reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Leland's sky is brighter than 4.9% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Leland

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Suffolk, VA, roughly 189 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Leland against the rest of the dataset

Leland, NC has a population of about 34,451, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Leland ranks 156 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.