How dark is the sky in Agawam Town, MA?

Agawam Town reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Agawam Town's sky is brighter than 11.5% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Agawam Town is from a meaningfully darker sky

Palmer Town, MA, about 20 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Agawam Town. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Agawam Town against the rest of the dataset

About 28,749 people live in Agawam Town, MA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Agawam Town ranks 366 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.