Terre Haute, IN Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Terre Haute, IN?
Terre Haute's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 53.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Terre Haute.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Terre Haute is from a meaningfully darker sky
55 miles from Terre Haute, straight-line, sits Vincennes, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Terre Haute's own suburban band.
Vincennes, IN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Terre Haute against the rest of the dataset
Terre Haute, IN has a population of about 58,531, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Terre Haute comes in at 1,699, darkest to brightest.