Tupelo, MS Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Tupelo, MS?
Tupelo's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 24.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Tupelo.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Tupelo
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Corinth, MS, roughly 48 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Corinth, MS is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Tupelo against the rest of the dataset
Tupelo, MS has a population of about 37,775, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Tupelo comes in at 776, darkest to brightest.