Augusta-Richmond County, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Augusta-Richmond County reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 40.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Augusta-Richmond County.

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

How far Augusta-Richmond County is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Columbia, SC, roughly 82 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Augusta-Richmond County compares nationally

Augusta-Richmond County, GA has a population of about 201,737, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Augusta-Richmond County places 1,306 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.