Valley, AL: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Valley 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. Valley's sky is brighter than 12.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Valley

Phenix City, AL, about 26 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Valley. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Valley compares nationally

About 10,144 people live in Valley, AL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Valley places 412 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.