What the night sky looks like over Mount Holly, NC

Satellite radiance puts Mount Holly 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. Mount Holly's sky is brighter than 12.6% 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 Mount Holly is from a meaningfully darker sky

Davidson, NC, about 16 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Mount Holly. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Mount Holly against the rest of the dataset

About 18,723 people live in Mount Holly, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Mount Holly ranks 403 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.