Fayetteville, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Fayetteville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 46.2% 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 Fayetteville

7 miles from Fayetteville, straight-line, sits Peachtree City, GA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Fayetteville's own suburban band.

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

How Fayetteville compares nationally

Fayetteville, GA counts roughly 20,419 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Fayetteville places 1,472 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.