What the night sky looks like over Amherst Town, MA

Satellite radiance puts Amherst Town in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Amherst Town's sky is brighter than 2.5% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Amherst Town

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Palmer Town, MA, roughly 16 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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.

Amherst Town against the rest of the dataset

About 40,989 people live in Amherst Town, MA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Amherst Town ranks 81 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.