How dark is the sky in Hardeeville, SC?

Satellite radiance puts Hardeeville in the dark sky band. Among the darkest skies of any US city in this dataset. The Milky Way should be visible overhead on clear, moonless nights. Only 1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hardeeville.

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.

Hardeeville is already about as dark as this dataset gets

Nothing in this dataset's 3,206 US cities measures a darker sky than Hardeeville. That doesn't mean nowhere is darker, unincorporated land and wilderness aren't part of this dataset at all, only incorporated cities of 10,000 people or more.

Hardeeville against the rest of the dataset

Hardeeville, SC counts roughly 13,862 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hardeeville ranks 34 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.