How dark is the sky in Brookhaven, GA?

Brookhaven's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 87% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Brookhaven.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Brookhaven

Sandy Springs, GA, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Brookhaven. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Brookhaven against the rest of the dataset

Brookhaven, GA has a population of about 59,370, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Brookhaven ranks 2,775 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.