Roswell, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Roswell reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 71.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Roswell.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Roswell is from a meaningfully darker sky

Dunwoody, GA, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Roswell. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Dunwoody, 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 Roswell compares nationally

Roswell, GA counts roughly 92,227 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Roswell places 2,276 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.