What the night sky looks like over Zachary, LA

Zachary'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 14.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Zachary.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Zachary

85 miles from Zachary, straight-line, sits New Orleans, LA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Zachary's own suburban edge band.

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

Zachary against the rest of the dataset

Zachary, LA has a population of about 20,370, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Zachary ranks 475 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.