Defiance, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Defiance's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 41.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Defiance.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Defiance

Oregon, OH, about 55 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Defiance. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Oregon, 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 Defiance compares nationally

Defiance, OH counts roughly 17,180 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Defiance places 1,325 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.