Reidsville, NC's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Reidsville in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Reidsville's sky is brighter than 10.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Reidsville is from a meaningfully darker sky

171 miles from Reidsville, straight-line, sits Suffolk, VA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Reidsville's own rural band.

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

How Reidsville compares nationally

About 14,646 people live in Reidsville, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Reidsville places 348 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.