Picayune, MS: how dark is the sky here?

Picayune's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 14.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Picayune.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Picayune is from a meaningfully darker sky

23 miles from Picayune, straight-line, sits Bay St. Louis, MS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Picayune's own suburban edge band.

Bay St. Louis, 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 Picayune compares nationally

Picayune, MS has a population of about 12,017, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Picayune places 466 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.