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.

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 places 1,110 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.