Chicopee, MA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Chicopee in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 55.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Chicopee.

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 Chicopee

Holyoke, MA, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Chicopee. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Chicopee compares nationally

Chicopee, MA counts roughly 55,381 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Chicopee places 1,763 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.