Riverdale, GA Night Sky Brightness
Riverdale, GA: how dark is the sky here?
Satellite radiance puts Riverdale in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Riverdale's sky is brighter than 85% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
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 - see the Bortle scale guide for where they can disagree.
How far Riverdale is from a meaningfully darker sky
East Point, GA, about 8 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Riverdale. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
East Point, 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 Riverdale compares nationally
Riverdale, GA has a population of about 14,586, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Riverdale places 2,709 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order, ranked by the method in the methodology guide.