Alabaster, AL: how dark is the sky here?

Alabaster reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 57.5% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Alabaster

Helena, AL, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Alabaster. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Alabaster compares nationally

Alabaster, AL counts roughly 34,460 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Alabaster places 1,833 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.