What the night sky looks like over Cranston, RI

Satellite radiance puts Cranston in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 11.8% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Cranston

20 miles from Cranston, straight-line, sits Fall River, MA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cranston's own rural band.

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

Cranston against the rest of the dataset

Cranston, RI counts roughly 84,448 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cranston ranks 376 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.