What the night sky looks like over North Little Rock, AR

North Little Rock's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 50.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than North Little Rock.

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.

The nearest darker sky to North Little Rock

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

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

North Little Rock against the rest of the dataset

North Little Rock, AR has a population of about 64,498, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, North Little Rock ranks 1,605 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.