Hattiesburg, MS's night sky, measured from orbit

Hattiesburg's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 82.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hattiesburg.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Hattiesburg is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Picayune, MS, roughly 58 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Picayune, 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 Hattiesburg compares nationally

About 48,522 people live in Hattiesburg, MS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Hattiesburg places 2,644 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.