Russellville, AR Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Russellville, AR
Satellite radiance puts Russellville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 71.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Russellville.
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 - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
How far Russellville is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Little Rock, AR, roughly 58 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.
Russellville against the rest of the dataset
Russellville, AR has a population of about 29,442, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Russellville ranks 2,286 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.