Powder Springs, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Powder Springs reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Powder Springs's sky is brighter than 77.8% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Powder Springs

Douglasville, GA, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Powder Springs. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Powder Springs compares nationally

Powder Springs, GA counts roughly 19,632 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Powder Springs places 2,480 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.