Oxford, MS's night sky, measured from orbit

Oxford's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 62.5% 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 Oxford

Grenada, MS, about 42 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Oxford. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Grenada, 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 Oxford compares nationally

Oxford, MS has a population of about 26,801, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Oxford places 1,994 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.