White House, TN Night Sky Brightness
White House, TN: how dark is the sky here?
White House's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. White House's sky is brighter than 84% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
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 - see the Bortle scale guide for where they can disagree.
Where to go for a darker sky near White House
19 miles from White House, straight-line, sits Franklin, KY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than White House's own suburban band.
Franklin, 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 White House compares nationally
White House, TN has a population of about 16,463, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. White House places 2,679 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order, ranked by the method in the methodology guide.