What the night sky looks like over Ocean Springs, MS

Ocean Springs 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. Only 13.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Ocean Springs.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Ocean Springs

Moss Point, MS, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Ocean Springs. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Ocean Springs against the rest of the dataset

Ocean Springs, MS has a population of about 18,954, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Ocean Springs ranks 444 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.