Olive Branch, MS's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Olive Branch in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 82.5% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Olive Branch

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Southaven, MS, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Olive Branch compares nationally

Olive Branch, MS counts roughly 47,365 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Olive Branch places 2,630 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.