Lenoir, NC Night Sky Brightness
Lenoir, NC's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Lenoir 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. That's brighter than 34.2% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Lenoir
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Davidson, NC, roughly 49 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Davidson, NC is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Lenoir compares nationally
Lenoir, NC has a population of about 18,280, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Lenoir's position, 1,090 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.