West Columbia, SC's night sky, measured from orbit

West Columbia's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. West Columbia's sky is brighter than 67.2% 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.

The nearest darker sky to West Columbia

Cayce, SC, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than West Columbia. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Cayce, 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 West Columbia compares nationally

West Columbia, SC has a population of about 18,418, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. West Columbia places 2,144 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.