What the night sky looks like over Williamsburg, VA

Williamsburg's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 71.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Williamsburg.

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 Williamsburg

Newport News, VA, about 17 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Williamsburg. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Williamsburg against the rest of the dataset

About 16,030 people live in Williamsburg, VA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Williamsburg ranks 2,287 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.