Conway, SC Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Conway, SC?
Conway 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 84% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Conway is from a meaningfully darker sky
North Myrtle Beach, SC, about 20 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Conway. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
North Myrtle Beach, SC is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Conway against the rest of the dataset
About 29,656 people live in Conway, SC, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Conway comes in at 2,678, darkest to brightest.