What the night sky looks like over North Platte, NE

North Platte reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. North Platte's sky is brighter than 42.1% 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 North Platte is from a meaningfully darker sky

216 miles from North Platte, straight-line, sits Evans, CO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than North Platte's own suburban edge band.

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

North Platte against the rest of the dataset

North Platte, NE counts roughly 22,549 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, North Platte ranks 1,344 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.