Wendell, NC Night Sky Brightness
Wendell, NC's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Wendell in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 14.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Wendell is from a meaningfully darker sky
11 miles from Wendell, straight-line, sits Clayton, NC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wendell's own suburban edge band.
Clayton, NC is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Wendell compares nationally
Wendell, NC counts roughly 16,845 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Wendell's position, 460 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.