Dayton, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Dayton reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 56.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Dayton.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Dayton

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Riverside, OH, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Riverside, 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 Dayton compares nationally

Dayton, OH counts roughly 136,346 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Dayton places 1,804 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.