Calhoun, GA: how dark is the sky here?

Calhoun's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Calhoun's sky is brighter than 19.5% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Calhoun

Holly Springs, GA, about 34 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Calhoun. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Holly 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.

How Calhoun compares nationally

Calhoun, GA counts roughly 19,592 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Calhoun places 624 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.