Dunmore, PA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Dunmore, PA?
Satellite radiance puts Dunmore 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 19.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
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 Dunmore
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Hopatcong, NJ, roughly 59 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Hopatcong, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Dunmore against the rest of the dataset
Dunmore, PA has a population of about 14,249, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Dunmore comes in at 625, darkest to brightest.