Bedford Heights, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Bedford Heights reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Bedford Heights's sky is brighter than 71.9% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Bedford Heights

Macedonia, OH, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Bedford Heights. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Macedonia, 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 Bedford Heights compares nationally

About 10,791 people live in Bedford Heights, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Bedford Heights places 2,292 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.