What the night sky looks like over Maumelle, AR

Satellite radiance puts Maumelle in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 52.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Maumelle.

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.

How far Maumelle is from a meaningfully darker sky

9 miles from Maumelle, straight-line, sits Little Rock, AR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Maumelle's own suburban band.

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

Maumelle against the rest of the dataset

Maumelle, AR counts roughly 19,541 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Maumelle ranks 1,676 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.