Atoka, TN's night sky, measured from orbit

Atoka'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. That's brighter than 5.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Atoka is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Hueytown, AL, roughly 210 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

Hueytown, 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 Atoka compares nationally

Atoka, TN counts roughly 10,624 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Atoka places 179 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.