North Augusta, SC Night Sky Brightness
North Augusta, SC's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts North Augusta 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. That's brighter than 24.6% of the 3,206 US 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near North Augusta
70 miles from North Augusta, straight-line, sits Columbia, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than North Augusta's own suburban edge band.
Columbia, 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 North Augusta compares nationally
North Augusta, SC counts roughly 26,395 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. North Augusta's position, 786 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.