Manassas, VA's night sky, measured from orbit

Manassas reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 64.9% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Manassas

Warrenton, VA, about 17 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Manassas. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Manassas compares nationally

Manassas, VA counts roughly 43,616 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Manassas places 2,068 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.