How dark is the sky in Chestnut Ridge, NY?

Chestnut Ridge's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 28.6% of the 3,206 US 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 Chestnut Ridge is from a meaningfully darker sky

Haverstraw, NY, about 8 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Chestnut Ridge. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Chestnut Ridge against the rest of the dataset

Chestnut Ridge, NY has a population of about 10,746, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Chestnut Ridge ranks 913 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.