What the night sky looks like over Southaven, MS

Satellite radiance puts Southaven 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 24.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Southaven.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Southaven

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Atoka, TN, roughly 35 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Southaven against the rest of the dataset

About 57,493 people live in Southaven, MS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Southaven ranks 788 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.