Searcy, AR's night sky, measured from orbit

Searcy reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 94.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Searcy.

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

Where to go for a darker sky near Searcy

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Jacksonville, AR, roughly 34 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Searcy compares nationally

About 23,997 people live in Searcy, AR, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Searcy places 2,999 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.