What the night sky looks like over Morgan City, LA

Morgan City 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 13.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Morgan City

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is New Orleans, LA, roughly 79 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Morgan City against the rest of the dataset

Morgan City, LA counts roughly 10,813 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Morgan City ranks 420 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.