Same problem more or less all up and down the east coast. The mountain ranges there are all low, because they're a lot older than the western US ranges. More weathering over time has worn them down. Still the issue of light pollution too.What about Virginia? Blue Ridge mountains…
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=3.17&lat=39.7009&lon=-82.9237&layers=B0FFFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFF