How dark is the sky in Lovington, NM?

Lovington's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 93.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lovington.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Lovington

18 miles from Lovington, straight-line, sits Hobbs, NM, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lovington's own urban band.

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

Lovington against the rest of the dataset

Lovington, NM counts roughly 11,693 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lovington ranks 2,976 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.