Greenwood, MS: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Greenwood in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 71.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Greenwood.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Greenwood

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Grenada, MS, roughly 29 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Greenwood compares nationally

Greenwood, MS counts roughly 13,627 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Greenwood places 2,281 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.