DarkSkyCheck

Beavercreek, OH Night Sky Brightness

Beavercreek, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Suburban
22.8 nW/cm2/sr

Beavercreek reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 50.2% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely - see the Bortle scale guide for where they can disagree.

Where to go for a darker sky near Beavercreek

Riverside, OH, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Beavercreek. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Riverside, 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 Beavercreek compares nationally

Beavercreek, OH has a population of about 48,012, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Beavercreek places 1,600 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order, ranked by the method in the methodology guide.