What the night sky looks like over Clarksburg, WV

Clarksburg's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 58.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Clarksburg.

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.

How far Clarksburg is from a meaningfully darker sky

59 miles from Clarksburg, straight-line, sits Marietta, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Clarksburg's own suburban band.

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

Clarksburg against the rest of the dataset

Clarksburg, WV counts roughly 15,262 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Clarksburg ranks 1,863 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.