Lenoir City, TN Night Sky Brightness
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
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. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Lenoir City comes in at 477, darkest to brightest.