Orangeburg, SC's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Orangeburg in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 64.9% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Orangeburg

33 miles from Orangeburg, straight-line, sits Cayce, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Orangeburg's own suburban band.

Cayce, 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 Orangeburg compares nationally

Orangeburg, SC counts roughly 13,378 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Orangeburg places 2,069 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.