Greenwood, SC's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Greenwood in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 59.4% 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.

How far Greenwood is from a meaningfully darker sky

32 miles from Greenwood, straight-line, sits Newberry, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Greenwood's own suburban band.

Newberry, SC 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, SC has a population of about 22,667, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Greenwood places 1,895 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.