McCordsville, IN's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts McCordsville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 49.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than McCordsville.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to McCordsville

Fishers, IN, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than McCordsville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How McCordsville compares nationally

McCordsville, IN counts roughly 11,744 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. McCordsville places 1,590 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.