How dark is the sky in Braintree Town, MA?

Braintree Town reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Braintree Town's sky is brighter than 86% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Braintree Town

3 miles from Braintree Town, straight-line, sits Weymouth Town, MA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Braintree Town's own urban band.

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

Braintree Town against the rest of the dataset

About 39,134 people live in Braintree Town, MA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Braintree Town ranks 2,743 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.