Alexander City, AL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Alexander City, AL?
Alexander City's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Alexander City's sky is brighter than 8.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Alexander City
46 miles from Alexander City, straight-line, sits Pike Road, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Alexander City's own rural band.
Pike Road, AL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Alexander City against the rest of the dataset
Alexander City, AL has a population of about 14,439, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Alexander City comes in at 283, darkest to brightest.