Dobbs Ferry, NY Night Sky Brightness
Dobbs Ferry, NY's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Dobbs Ferry in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 34.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Dobbs Ferry
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Sleepy Hollow, NY, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Sleepy Hollow, NY is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Dobbs Ferry compares nationally
Dobbs Ferry, NY has a population of about 11,513, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Dobbs Ferry's position, 1,110 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.