DarkSkyCheck

Lowell, AR: how dark is the sky here?

Lowell reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 80.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lowell.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Lowell

4 miles from Lowell, straight-line, sits Rogers, AR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lowell's own suburban band.

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

How Lowell compares nationally

Lowell, AR has a population of about 11,568, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Lowell places 2,577 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.