Acworth, GA Night Sky Brightness
Acworth, GA's night sky, measured from orbit
Acworth's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 48.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Acworth.
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.
Where to go for a darker sky near Acworth
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Holly Springs, GA, roughly 13 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Holly Springs, GA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Acworth compares nationally
Acworth, GA has a population of about 22,624, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Acworth's position, 1,544 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.