Lincoln, NE's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Lincoln in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 69.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lincoln.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Lincoln

100 miles from Lincoln, straight-line, sits Maryville, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lincoln's own suburban band.

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

How Lincoln compares nationally

Lincoln, NE has a population of about 300,619, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Lincoln places 2,205 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.