What the night sky looks like over Radcliff, KY

Radcliff's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 17.2% 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 Radcliff

Sellersburg, IN, about 41 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Radcliff. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Radcliff against the rest of the dataset

Radcliff, KY counts roughly 22,706 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Radcliff ranks 549 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.