What the night sky looks like over Sylacauga, AL

Satellite radiance puts Sylacauga in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 7.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Sylacauga.

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 Sylacauga is from a meaningfully darker sky

Chelsea, AL, about 22 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Sylacauga. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Sylacauga against the rest of the dataset

Sylacauga, AL counts roughly 12,123 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Sylacauga ranks 234 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.