Ozark, AL's night sky, measured from orbit

Ozark 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. Ozark's sky is brighter than 31.5% of the 3,206 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 Ozark

Eufaula, AL, about 43 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Ozark. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Ozark compares nationally

Ozark, AL counts roughly 14,368 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ozark places 1,007 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.