Ashtabula, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Ashtabula reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Ashtabula's sky is brighter than 61.4% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Ashtabula

Conneaut, OH, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Ashtabula. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Ashtabula compares nationally

Ashtabula, OH has a population of about 17,775, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ashtabula places 1,957 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.