How dark is the sky in Flowery Branch, GA?

Satellite radiance puts Flowery Branch in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 15.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Flowery Branch.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Flowery Branch

Jefferson, GA, about 18 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Flowery Branch. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Flowery Branch against the rest of the dataset

Flowery Branch, GA has a population of about 12,292, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Flowery Branch ranks 483 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.