What the night sky looks like over Pine Bluff, AR

Pine Bluff reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 49.1% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Pine Bluff

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Little Rock, AR, roughly 40 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Pine Bluff against the rest of the dataset

About 38,785 people live in Pine Bluff, AR, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pine Bluff ranks 1,568 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.