DarkSkyCheck

Cleveland Heights, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Cleveland Heights in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 67.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Cleveland Heights.

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.

How far Cleveland Heights is from a meaningfully darker sky

4 miles from Cleveland Heights, straight-line, sits Richmond Heights, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cleveland Heights's own suburban band.

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

How Cleveland Heights compares nationally

Cleveland Heights, OH has a population of about 44,064, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Cleveland Heights places 2,161 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.