What the night sky looks like over Union City, TN

Union City reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Union City's sky is brighter than 41.7% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Union City

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Atoka, TN, roughly 81 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Union City against the rest of the dataset

Union City, TN counts roughly 10,876 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Union City ranks 1,331 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.