What the night sky looks like over Rincon, GA

Satellite radiance puts Rincon 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. Only 18.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Rincon.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Rincon is from a meaningfully darker sky

11 miles from Rincon, straight-line, sits Hardeeville, SC, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Rincon's own suburban edge band.

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

Rincon against the rest of the dataset

Rincon, GA counts roughly 11,701 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Rincon ranks 594 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.