How dark is the sky in Murfreesboro, TN?

Murfreesboro reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 89% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Murfreesboro.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Murfreesboro

Smyrna, TN, about 10 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Murfreesboro. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Murfreesboro against the rest of the dataset

Murfreesboro, TN counts roughly 168,387 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Murfreesboro ranks 2,839 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.