DarkSkyCheck

What the night sky looks like over Spring Hill, KS

Spring Hill's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 47.2% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Spring Hill

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Gardner, KS, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Spring Hill against the rest of the dataset

Spring Hill, KS has a population of about 10,070, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Spring Hill ranks 1,505 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.