How dark is the sky in Garden City, GA?

Satellite radiance puts Garden City 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. That's brighter than 34.8% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Garden City

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Savannah, GA, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Garden City against the rest of the dataset

Garden City, GA has a population of about 10,536, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Garden City ranks 1,112 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.