How dark is the sky in Beverly, MA?

Beverly's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Beverly's sky is brighter than 11.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

How far Beverly is from a meaningfully darker sky

Fitchburg, MA, about 49 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Beverly. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Beverly against the rest of the dataset

Beverly, MA counts roughly 43,223 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Beverly ranks 380 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.