What the night sky looks like over Rock Hill, SC

Rock Hill reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Rock Hill's sky is brighter than 48.7% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Rock Hill

Tega Cay, SC, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Rock Hill. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Rock Hill against the rest of the dataset

About 75,798 people live in Rock Hill, SC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Rock Hill ranks 1,553 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.