Clarksdale, MS's night sky, measured from orbit

Clarksdale's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Clarksdale's sky is brighter than 61.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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

The nearest darker sky to Clarksdale

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Grenada, MS, roughly 52 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Clarksdale compares nationally

Clarksdale, MS has a population of about 13,861, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Clarksdale places 1,955 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.