What the night sky looks like over Dallas, GA

Dallas's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 59.1% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Dallas

Douglasville, GA, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Dallas. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Dallas against the rest of the dataset

About 15,062 people live in Dallas, GA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Dallas ranks 1,886 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.