What the night sky looks like over Lumberton, NC

Lumberton's sky measures suburban edge here. 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 35.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

Where to go for a darker sky near Lumberton

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Spring Lake, NC, roughly 38 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Lumberton against the rest of the dataset

Lumberton, NC counts roughly 18,882 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lumberton ranks 1,137 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.