Columbus, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Columbus reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 54.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Columbus

Phenix City, AL, about 10 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Columbus. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Columbus compares nationally

About 201,830 people live in Columbus, GA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Columbus places 1,732 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.