What the night sky looks like over Myrtle Beach, SC

Satellite radiance puts Myrtle Beach in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 81.8% 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.

How far Myrtle Beach is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is North Myrtle Beach, SC, roughly 13 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Myrtle Beach against the rest of the dataset

Myrtle Beach, SC has a population of about 40,535, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Myrtle Beach ranks 2,608 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.