How dark is the sky in Lenoir City, TN?

Satellite radiance puts Lenoir City 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. Only 14.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lenoir City.

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 Lenoir City

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Oak Ridge, TN, roughly 10 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Lenoir City against the rest of the dataset

Lenoir City, TN has a population of about 12,041, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lenoir City ranks 477 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.