Lilburn, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Lilburn reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Lilburn's sky is brighter than 69.1% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Lilburn

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Peachtree Corners, GA, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Lilburn compares nationally

Lilburn, GA counts roughly 16,210 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Lilburn places 2,204 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.