DarkSkyCheck

Pooler, GA Night Sky Brightness

How dark is the sky in Pooler, GA?

Suburban edge
14.1 nW/cm2/sr

Satellite radiance puts Pooler in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 26.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.

How far Pooler is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Savannah, GA, roughly 7 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Pooler against the rest of the dataset

Pooler, GA has a population of about 31,171, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Pooler comes in at 849, darkest to brightest.