What the night sky looks like over Cayce, SC

Cayce'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. That's brighter than 21% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Cayce is from a meaningfully darker sky

10 miles from Cayce, straight-line, sits Columbia, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cayce's own suburban edge band.

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.

Cayce against the rest of the dataset

Cayce, SC counts roughly 13,645 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cayce ranks 672 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.