Dover, OH Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Dover, OH?
Dover's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 49.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Dover.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Dover
Massillon, OH, about 18 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Dover. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Massillon, OH is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Dover against the rest of the dataset
About 12,946 people live in Dover, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Dover comes in at 1,582, darkest to brightest.