What the night sky looks like over Clinton, MS

Clinton reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 11.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Clinton.

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 Clinton is from a meaningfully darker sky

167 miles from Clinton, straight-line, sits Saraland, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Clinton's own rural band.

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

Clinton against the rest of the dataset

Clinton, MS counts roughly 26,617 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Clinton ranks 373 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.