What the night sky looks like over Beacon, NY

Beacon reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 39.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Beacon.

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 Beacon

14 miles from Beacon, straight-line, sits Woodbury, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Beacon's own suburban edge band.

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

Beacon against the rest of the dataset

Beacon, NY counts roughly 15,292 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Beacon ranks 1,259 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.