Foley, AL Night Sky Brightness
Foley, AL's night sky, measured from orbit
Foley reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 17.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Foley.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Foley
20 miles from Foley, straight-line, sits Daphne, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Foley's own suburban edge band.
Daphne, 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 Foley compares nationally
Foley, AL has a population of about 28,043, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Foley's position, 558 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.