What the night sky looks like over Paris, TN

Satellite radiance puts Paris in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 62.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Paris

Martin, TN, about 30 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Paris. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Paris against the rest of the dataset

Paris, TN has a population of about 10,517, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Paris ranks 1,986 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.