Winston-Salem, NC: how dark is the sky here?

Winston-Salem's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 50% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Winston-Salem.

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.

How far Winston-Salem is from a meaningfully darker sky

Lewisville, NC, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Winston-Salem. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Lewisville, 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 Winston-Salem compares nationally

Winston-Salem, NC has a population of about 255,769, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Winston-Salem places 1,593 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.