What the night sky looks like over Boaz, AL

Boaz's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 66.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Boaz.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

Where to go for a darker sky near Boaz

Albertville, AL, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Boaz. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Boaz against the rest of the dataset

About 10,473 people live in Boaz, AL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Boaz ranks 2,127 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.