Statesboro, GA's night sky, measured from orbit

Statesboro reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Statesboro's sky is brighter than 64.8% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Statesboro

Rincon, GA, about 33 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Statesboro. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Rincon, 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 Statesboro compares nationally

Statesboro, GA has a population of about 35,226, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Statesboro places 2,066 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.