St. Marys, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

St. Marys's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. St. Marys's sky is brighter than 12.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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

How far St. Marys is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Bluffton, SC, roughly 108 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

How St. Marys compares nationally

About 20,119 people live in St. Marys, GA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. St. Marys places 390 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.