Berkley, MI: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Berkley in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 61.5% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Berkley

2 miles from Berkley, straight-line, sits Royal Oak, MI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Berkley's own suburban band.

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

How Berkley compares nationally

About 15,313 people live in Berkley, MI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Berkley places 1,961 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.