Hattiesburg, MS Night Sky Brightness
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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
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's position, 2,644 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.