Shepherdsville, KY: how dark is the sky here?

Shepherdsville's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 63.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Shepherdsville.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Shepherdsville is from a meaningfully darker sky

Mount Washington, KY, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Shepherdsville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Shepherdsville compares nationally

Shepherdsville, KY counts roughly 14,837 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Shepherdsville places 2,020 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.