Rolesville, NC Night Sky Brightness
Rolesville, NC's night sky, measured from orbit
Rolesville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Rolesville's sky is brighter than 49.1% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Rolesville
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Wendell, NC, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Wendell, NC is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Rolesville compares nationally
About 11,854 people live in Rolesville, NC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Rolesville's position, 1,566 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.