DarkSkyCheck

Snellville, GA: how dark is the sky here?

Snellville 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 79.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Snellville.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Snellville

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

Loganville, 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 Snellville compares nationally

Snellville, GA has a population of about 22,336, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Snellville places 2,549 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.