What the night sky looks like over Scottsboro, AL

Satellite radiance puts Scottsboro in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 5.9% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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 Scottsboro is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Rainbow City, AL, roughly 50 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Scottsboro against the rest of the dataset

Scottsboro, AL counts roughly 15,957 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Scottsboro ranks 190 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.