Mauldin, SC Night Sky Brightness
Mauldin, SC's night sky, measured from orbit
Mauldin's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 76.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Mauldin.
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 Mauldin is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Fountain Inn, SC, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Fountain Inn, SC is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Mauldin compares nationally
Mauldin, SC has a population of about 29,746, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Mauldin's position, 2,427 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.