What the night sky looks like over Mint Hill, NC

Satellite radiance puts Mint Hill in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Mint Hill's sky is brighter than 31.9% of the 3,206 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.

How far Mint Hill is from a meaningfully darker sky

Weddington, NC, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Mint Hill. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Mint Hill against the rest of the dataset

About 28,825 people live in Mint Hill, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Mint Hill ranks 1,017 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.