How dark is the sky in Hernando, MS?

Hernando reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 18.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Hernando

Atoka, TN, about 42 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Hernando. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Hernando against the rest of the dataset

Hernando, MS has a population of about 18,542, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hernando ranks 584 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.