Circleville, OH Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Circleville, OH
Satellite radiance puts Circleville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 57% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Circleville
18 miles from Circleville, straight-line, sits Canal Winchester, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Circleville's own suburban band.
Canal Winchester, OH is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Circleville against the rest of the dataset
Circleville, OH has a population of about 14,433, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Circleville ranks 1,818 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.