What the night sky looks like over Milledgeville, GA

Satellite radiance puts Milledgeville in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 34.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Milledgeville.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Milledgeville is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Stonecrest, GA, roughly 66 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Milledgeville against the rest of the dataset

About 16,664 people live in Milledgeville, GA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Milledgeville ranks 1,114 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.